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No. 777 (MOTHER OF GOD/ HUMILITY/ OBEDIENCE/ CHASTITY/ DEDICATION/ FEAR OF GOD) : These days we celebrate the Dormition of the Most Blessed Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary. I was thinking... What is it that has made our Lady, Mother and abode of the uncontainable God? And I concluded:

No. 776 (PARENTS/ YOUTH/ CHURCH/ SACRAMENTS) : Today I will refer to something that struck me and at the same time moved me. A few days ago a mother gave me a note without telling me anything. Usually when mothers give a note, it is to plead for their children

775 (FALL/ SADNESS/ DISAPPOINTMENT/ STRUGGLE/ FERVOUR/ ZEAL) We have said it before: We should not look back or stare at our fall. We should get up immediately and continue to run our good race. In fact, let us do what people used to say: Let it backfire on him like

774 (ANGER/ TONGUE/ IDLENESS/ JUDGMENT) More small useful tips: - The best remedy for not getting angry is to do a humble logismos (thought) at that point... - Be relatively brief in your encounters (conversations). For, in his book of Proverbs, the wise Solomon says: “In the multitude of words

773 (PATERNAL ADVICES/ SINCERITY/ CONFIDENTIALITY/ ANGER/ CHURCH) Short helpful advices: - Try observing some of the things we say in the Paternal Advices and you will realise how much they work... - The best answer when asked is sincerity. - Do not pass on to another what your neighbour has

772 (SLEEP/ TONGUE/ HOLY SERVICES/ PROGRAMME) Small useful advices: - On awakening in the morning from a night's sleep, rise immediately and with intense and spiritual vigour pronounce the Jesus Prayer (“Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me”) - When in a meeting, do not talk much.

771 (PROSTITUTION/ REPENTANCE/ EXERCISE/ DIVINE GRACE/ DIVINE ASSISTANCE) Saint Mary of Egypt was the most notorious prostitute of Alexandria for seventeen long years... And yet, the power of repentance has made her one of the greatest ascetics! This once pampered, sybaritic, pleasure-loving, voluptuous, vulnerable woman, who lived in pleasures and

770 (DISLIKE/ PATERNAL LOVE) It so happens in the course of people's lives that they are presented with people whom, somehow, they do not like - or rather, they dislike... Perhaps this may happen to you. That is, to have a person whom - for your own reasons- you dislike...

769 (INFORMATICS/ CAREFREE/ THOUGHTS(LOGISMOI)/ PROGRAMME/ PRAYER/ SIMPLICITY) Why do we insist on everyone having a programme? Because, faithful adherence to a timetable helps a person not to have too many thoughts, simplifies his life and easily paves the way to a carefree and hesychastic life.... Something that we really need

768 (THOUGHTS/ PRAYER/ GOOD AUDACITY/ JOY/ CHILDISH SIMPLICITY) (PRAYER/ MERCY) In saying the Jesus Prayer, "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me," one must stress and emphasize the "have mercy on me". For, indeed, we are in need of God's mercy and when we ask for it