723 (EVENING/ SLEEP/ DAY ACCOUNT/ PRAYER/ STUDY/ PROGRAMME)

  723 (EVENING/ SLEEP/ DAY ACCOUNT/ PRAYER/ STUDY/ PROGRAMME)   Remember- in the same way as you fall asleep so shall you wake up! So, any evening, keep it for yourself and for God. Do not ‘disturb’ God's time. We have said it before, your time in the evening should

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722 (EVIL – GOOD / BAD THOUGHTS – GOOD THOUGHTS)

  722 (EVIL - GOOD / BAD THOUGHTS - GOOD THOUGHTS)  Do not be surprised by what I will be writing below, nor mis-understand it and get it all wrong!  Furthermore, what I am emphasising in the next sentence, I assure you, has nothing to do with the whole fallacy,

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721 (HOLY COMMUNION/ CHRIST/ DESCENT FROM THE CROSS/ EXTREME HUMILIATION OF CHRIST)

  721 (HOLY COMMUNION/ CHRIST/ DESCENT FROM THE CROSS/ EXTREME HUMILIATION OF CHRIST)  My thought (logismos) tells me that the most correct way of looking at the Holy Communion is to see not so much the indeed glorified Body (together with the Holy Blood) of our Lord that we receive,

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720 (SPIRITUAL LIFE/ SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE/ GOD/ FAITH)

  720 (SPIRITUAL LIFE/ SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE/ GOD/ FAITH)  Do not neglect the monitoring of yourself, the evening account of the day, otherwise you lose and are harmed... On the contrary, by performing them, you win...  Spiritual life requires coordination, a program, a fighting spirit and zeal! Do not take it

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719 (NEIGHBOUR/ PASSIONS/ MISUNDERSTANDINGS/ SAFETY DISTANCES/ APATHY)

  719 (NEIGHBOUR/ PASSIONS/ MISUNDERSTANDINGS/ SAFETY DISTANCES/ APATHY)  Today, my brethren, when we speak to people, we are not actually speaking to people, but to their passions... Many times, in fact, we have to deal with their explosiveness and their outbursts... Unfortunately, the past beautiful simplicity has now been abandoned

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718 (PRAYER/ SERVICES/ FAITH/ SPIRITUAL LIFE)

  718 (PRAYER/SERVICES/ FAITH/ SPIRITUAL LIFE)  Repetition, my brethren, is the mother of learning:  Saying the prayer continually and believing that the good God will take care of our problems, one by one, is good and pleasing to God; at the same time believing that in the end whatever is

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717 (CHANGES/ JOY/ SADNESS/ FAILURE/ SUCCESS)

  717 (CHANGES/ JOY/ SADNESS/ FAILURE/ SUCCESS)  In the nature around us, my brethren, many climatic changes are taking place, one after the other...  Where there is beautiful sunshine, suddenly the sky darkens and lightning and thunderstorms begin, to be followed by sunshine again.  Where the sea is calm ("like

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716 (FALL/ REPENTANCE)

  716 (FALL/ REPENTANCE)  Have you fallen into another error, a bad habit, and are you sad? Take notice of the following two matters that I will point out to you:  1. Do not linger by staring at your fall... Get up immediately and continue your struggle rejoicing! In other

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715 (NEIGHBOUR/ HYPERSENSITIVITY/ JOY/ SADNESS/ SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE)

  The following is dedicated to our sensitive brothers and sisters, but also to every neighbour in general:   715 (NEIGHBOUR/ HYPERSENSITIVITY/ JOY/SADNESS)  Try not to be influenced by the psychological mood or condition of your neighbour. It is a big mistake to depend on others for our joy or

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714 (PROBLEM/ GOD/ FAITH/ OWN WILL/ FALLEN NATURE/ THOUGHTS/ PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS)

  714 (PROBLEM/ GOD/ FAITH)  It sometimes happens in our journey that we find ourselves at a dead end, not knowing how or what to do... Let us not lose our mind! Let us leave things in trust to God and He will show us the way His infinite Wisdom

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