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The Goal of Life in Society: Cultivating Love, Assuaging Anger (Part II)

11/01/2017

Abba Joseph now expands on his teaching by identifying six key foundations for this kind of true friendship. I) Detachment with regard to all earthly possessions and wealth. 2) Not considering oneself wise, but deferring to the point of view of the other. 3) Seeking love and peace above all. 4) Refraining from anger at all times. 5) Calming the anger of the friend should it arise. 6) Constant reflection on the coming of death.3

The Goal of Life in Society: Cultivating Love, Assuaging Anger (Part I)

10/24/2017

Because we are exploring life in society as a web of relationships, it is important to establish from the outset a picture of what the fathers of the Conferences thought relationships should be like for Christians. No matter how deep into the desert they went, none of the fathers was under any illusion that a human being can live free from relationships with others. What is more, the fathers did not consider a life of

Patience (Part VI): Patience Withstands Demonic Influences

09/29/2017

When the desert monks left the inhabited world, every monk brought parts of his or her former life with them. Memories, thoughts, fantasies, regrets, old lusts, pride, unfulfilled desires, anger, fear, unresolved conflict and a host of other remnants of the “world” were present in their cells. At the same time, they found a new “world” in the desert in the lives of other monks, visitors, local towns and villages and the rich, yet austere

CAN THE PRACTICE OF CONTEMPLATION HELP WITH FORGIVENESS?

09/05/2017

The practice of contemplation, especially a maturing practice, gives great insight into one of life’s great mysteries: the mystery of how to forgive and what forgiveness means and does not mean. Because sitting in stillness on a regular basis gives us plenty of opportunity to look into our thoughts, we soon come to see that we often make a category error when it comes to forgiveness. Many people who think they are struggling to forgive

Watching the River

07/17/2017

To live in the present moment requires a change in our inner posture. Instead of expanding or shoring up our fortress of “I”–the ego–which culture and often therapy try to help us do, contemplation waits to discover what this “I” consists of. What is this “I” that I take so seriously? To discover the answer, we have to calmly observe our own stream of consciousness and see its compulsive patterns. That’s what happens in the

Reflect on God’s Loving Presence

06/21/2017

You must be ready all the time.… Luke 12: 40 NLT [In the parable about the head of the house staying awake if he knew when the thief was coming], Jesus represents himself as an unexpected intruder. This parable refers not just to physical death, but to all his unexpected intrusions into our lives that take us by surprise. Sometimes he comes when we are at our lowest ebb. All of a sudden, in the

Wednesday of Meat-Fare. And When You Fast

02/15/2017

Jesus said, “And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your father who sees in secret will reward you.” Matthew

The Third Monday of Great Lent: God Tests us by our Conscience & The Wolves of Anger

03/28/2016

God Tests us by our Conscience The tree of life represents the Holy Spirit dwelling in the hearts of the faithful, as St Paul says: ‘Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you?’ [1 Cor. 6:19] The tree of knowledge of good and evil represents our senses which produce contrasting fruits: pleasure and pain. Each of these is divided again into two: there is pleasure arising from

Dealing with Our Passions (Part I)

06/09/2015

In reading the description of these nine logismoi we sense how much psychological experience Evagrius gathered in his kellion. But he thought there was something still more important than knowing about the logismoi: handling thoughts and feelings. Evagrius advises a different method for every passion. The three basic drives – eating, sex, and greed – are transformed through fasting, asceticism, and almsgiving. Here discipline is a good way not to suppress the drives, but to

Saint Silouan the Athonite and His Relevance Today, Part V

06/08/2015

By Harry Boosalis Logismoi, or these ‘evil thoughts’, may be manipulated to stir up anxiety and anger aimed against those people with whom we are closest. This often includes friends, relatives, fellow members of a parish community, as well as those with whom we are sacramentally linked or have spiritual bonds—even our own clergy and others who work for the Church. Whether well founded or not—and usually they are not—these logismoi can end up as passions of

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The Goal of Life in Society: Cultivating Love, Assuaging Anger (Part II)

The Goal of Life in Society: Cultivating Love, Assuaging Anger (Part I)

Patience (Part VI): Patience Withstands Demonic Influences

CAN THE PRACTICE OF CONTEMPLATION HELP WITH FORGIVENESS?

Watching the River

Reflect on God’s Loving Presence

Wednesday of Meat-Fare. And When You Fast

The Third Monday of Great Lent: God Tests us by our Conscience & The Wolves of Anger

Dealing with Our Passions (Part I)

Saint Silouan the Athonite and His Relevance Today, Part V

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