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Αρ. 794 (FALL/ SORROW/ REPENTANCE/ JOY) : When we have a fall, it is natural that it brings with it sadness and disappointment... Do you wish to turn sadness into joy and disappointment into real hope and reality? Place yourself opposite to your fall: Find out how this has befallen

Αρ. 793 (HUMILITY/ WISDOM/ENEMY/ DIVINE HELP) : By the present Paternal Advice, I would like to identify two (out of the many) secrets of spiritual life through which we may draw divine grace and help. As regards the first, it is good to know that God occasionally uses unexpected ways

Αρ. 792 (SAINT IAKOVOS TSALIKIS for THE JESUS PRAYER) : Today, instead of our own (poor but real) Paternal Advices, we will cede the floor to Saint Iakovos Tsalikis, the Saint of Euboea. The saint says: «Prayer is never wasted!!! All prayers are holy, but the Jesus Prayer is the

Αρ. 791 (HOLY COMMUNION/ BODY and BLOOD OF CHRIST) : Our present Paternal Advice is brief, but comprehensive and very important: We use to say, that when we receive the Holy Communion, we place within us the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. And that is true! But

Αρ. 790 (FASTING/ LENT/ CONFESSION) : We have already entered, my brethren, the Christmas Lent! Even those who are not accustomed to confession on a regular basis, during this period, along with the fasting, are also preparing for the sacrament of the Holy Confession. Therefore, let us find some time

No. 789 (ANCIENT SELF/ NEW SELF/ GOOD/ BAD) : I have mentioned in my previous Paternal Advice about the relationship we should have with our ancient self and I wrote at one point that we need, several times, to cheat him by overtaking him... Let us be a bit more

Αρ. 788 (ANCIENT MAN/ FALLEN NATURE/ SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE) : “Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing” (Mt 6:3). : “Left”, here, means our old self; our ancient man, our fallen nature. : Let us search deeper and broaden this phrase a little: : Yes,

Αρ. 787 (CARNAL MATTERS/ TEMPTATION/ LOGISMOI (THOUGHTS)/ CHASTITY) : When you are attacked by carnal thoughts, beware lest the mind and body deceive you that this is a necessity of nature to satisfy carnal passion! If you listen to me and do not succumb, you will see, when the influence