Praise and thank God who does not send you greater calamities.

 

Take courage and begin.

Do not be ashamed to submit your flesh for the sake of Christ, for He created it. Do not be afraid in the face of pain, for He has the power to heal every wound.

Do not be ashamed to offer Him your entire being, for He will renew it, glorify it in the kingdom of heaven.

As Christ suffered for your sake, suffer for the sake of Christ. Take a look around you and see how much pain, how much misery, how many sorrows there are among people.

No matter how much you hurt, there are others who hurt more. No matter how much you are unhappy, there are others who are unhappy more.

Praise and thank God who does not send you greater calamities. Take courage, begin and please Him with your spiritual struggle. With a little temporary effort you will enjoy eternal and infinite goods.

~ Saint Demetrius of Rostov

That's how much Saint John loves us and cares for us.

  

...That's how much Saint John loves us and cares for us.

So much does the Virgin Mary.

And infinitely, of course, and inexpressibly does our Lord Jesus Christ.

And come on, man is made of love, for love.

He seeks love everywhere.

Even in sin.

Even in evil.

Even in crime, if you like.

But love is not there.

Love is at its source.

It is in our Christ.

Therefore, let us leave the works of sin, the dead, and let us enter into the works of repentance.

And let us do works worthy of repentance.

And let us follow our Savior Christ, our Virgin Mary, Saint John and all the saints.

+ Fr. Ananias Koustenis

God is defeated!

  

"God is defeated! You heard right, He is defeated. With prayer, man defeats the Love of God, not His Omnipotence. Just as, for example, the grandson fights with the grandfather and the grandfather lets his grandson, out of love, defeat him, in order to rejoice, something similar happens with prayer. With prayer, man changes the will of God."

Dimitrios Panagopoulos, preacher

Let us be patient in trials

 

"Let us be patient in trials, because they make us stronger and help us draw closer to God."

God does not allow a trial without a reason.

We may not understand the "why" at that moment, but He knows the "for what good."

Let us not be afraid of difficult days.

Let us keep our faith, let us pray and let us be a little more patient.

Because many times, where we see a dead end, God prepares a way out.

Know that those whom we have helped and shown mercy will be our witnesses of defense in the hour of judgment.

 Know that those whom we have helped and shown mercy will be our witnesses of defense in the hour of judgment.

Someone helped someone to repent and come to Christianity and from then on he became a fervent believer. However, he himself fell into a great mortal sin and when he died he went to hell. After some years, the one who was shown mercy also died, who went to heaven.

The merciful brother in heaven did not find the one who brought him to Christianity. It seemed so strange to him that he had been saved and the "bridge" of his salvation had not been saved.

So he asked the Lord:

- Lord, where is my savior? You are my real Savior, but where is the one who sent me to You? How can I be here and he there (in hell)? Should I go there too!

And it is said that this so moved the Lord that He commanded that the mortal sin that he had committed be forgiven and that He also bring him to heaven.

The justice of God was defeated in a moment of judgment. Know that those whom we have helped and shown mercy will be witnesses of our defense in the hour of judgment.

+ Dimitrios Panagopoulos Preacher