For through your carelessness he may steal it from you with some temptation.
Do the same with sorrow, so that he will not increase it by having learned its cause.
When you remain balanced in both joy and sorrow, the devil, not knowing what exactly is happening within you, does not know how to fight you.
➕Elder Ephraim of Arizona
Christ loves him, and he is loved by all. He loves everyone, and all long for him.
The wise and the teacher remain silent before the humble, and everyone pays attention to him.
He is few in words. His speech is sweet “beyond honey and the honeycomb,” and he is regarded by all as divine, even if he is unlearned and outwardly contemptible.
Whoever despises the humble blasphemes against God Himself. Even wild beasts are tamed before him, for they sense in him the fragrance of Adam!
Saint Isaac the Syrian
As soon as you declare yourself responsible for all sinfulness, for everything and everyone, you will immediately see that this is how things are and that you are to be blamed for everyone and everything.
(The Brothers Karamazov)
It is not simply a gathering of persons; it is a communion of life.
In the Church, as Saint Justin Popovich used to say, “each one lives in all and for all, and all live in each and for each.”
That is why responsibility becomes love, and love becomes a cruciform concern;
one lifts the other up and all together lift each one up.
And this is not theory, but therapy.
For the Church is a spiritual clinic, where the wounds of the soul find healing not with chemical medicines, but with the medicines of Grace, which, as Saint John Chrysostom assures us, “whoever applies them to his wounds will quickly regain his health.”
The Church is not a place for the perfect, but a place for those who suffer and repent,
who know that “the proud, the adulterer, and generally the sinful,” when he follows the therapeutic treatment of the Church, is completely healed.
But whoever “cuts himself off from the assembly and distances himself from the teaching of the Fathers, will very soon fall ill…”
Stay, therefore, brother, united with the Body of Christ.
Stay in the infirmary of the Church.
For here, in the communion of persons, hope is born, repentance blossoms and
The light of the Kingdom shines.
1 liter Almond milk
200 g sugar
Zest of 1 lemon
80 g cornstarch
60 g fine semolina
1/2 tsp liquid vanilla
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1 tbsp honey
1 tsp water
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Honey
Walnuts
Instructions:
In a saucepan, add the Almond milk, the sugar, lemon zest, cornstarch, semolina, and vanilla. Stir very well over the heat until it comes to a boil and thickens.
Pour the mixture into a 26 cm round pyrex dish and spread it evenly with a spatula.
In a small bowl, mix the honey with the water and brush the entire surface of the galatopita.
Bake in a preheated fan oven at 160°C (320°F) for 40–45 minutes until nicely golden.
Let it cool completely, cut into pieces, and garnish with honey and walnuts.
