Today's Wisdom from Fr. Wayne
We faithful ought to look upon all the faithful as one single being. We should consider that Christ is in each one. We should therefore be ready to give our life willingly for the sake of our love for Him. We have no right at all to say, or even to think, that a person is evil. As I have said, we should consider all of them good, and even if you see someone swept away by the passions, do not hate your brother, [hate instead] the passions which torment him.
St. Symeon the New Theologian, The Practical and Theological Chapters
We faithful ought to look upon all the faithful as one single being. We should consider that Christ is in each one. We should therefore be ready to give our life willingly for the sake of our love for Him. We have no right at all to say, or even to think, that a person is evil. As I have said, we should consider all of them good, and even if you see someone swept away by the passions, do not hate your brother, [hate instead] the passions which torment him.
St. Symeon the New Theologian, The Practical and Theological Chapters
4 Comments:
oh, we were just talking about this yesterday. very nice. thank you.
Wonderful quote!
I have a book by St. Symeon the New Theologian in my purse as we speak, I have to read it for the Church book club.
I'm looking forward to it!
hmm....mimi how does yor church book club work? that seems like a great thing to have.
Well, right now, not so well. The theory is that we all read one book a month and meet once a month after Liturgy.
However, since there is Church School, choir rehearsal, and other stuff going on, it's usually just me, who has to rush off to teach Church School as I don't have a co-teacher at the moment.
I'm open to suggestions on how to reconfigure it so people actually attend.
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