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. . . difficult and left untried

https://regenamex.com/tfpyc2elwi 5 July 2011 · by Fr. Ernesto 3 Comments

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https://www.beecavebee.com/fo0v1rllig4 The great ideals of the past failed not by being outlived (which must mean over-lived), but by not being lived enough. … The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. — G.K. Chesterton, Part One: The Homelessness Of Man, Ch. 5 : The Unfinished Temple […]

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Missions and Phronema

Cheapest Ambien Generic 14 May 2011 · by Fr. Ernesto 1 Comment

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What does the Greek term “phronema” mean? According to the Wikipedia, “Phronema is a transliteration of [a] Greek word, . . . which has the meanings of ‘mind’, ‘spirit’, ‘thought’, ‘purpose’, ‘will’, and can have either a positive meaning (‘high spirit’, ‘resolution’, ‘pride’) or a bad sense (‘presumption’, ‘arrogance’). . . . The term phronema […]

Monk wanna be

26 March 2010 · by Fr. Ernesto 7 Comments

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Pithless Thoughts did it to me again! When I saw this “magazine cover,” I laughed and laughed. And, then, I wondered whether I should be crying. Yes, it challenged me again. Sadly, we have some monk wanna be people in Orthodoxy. It is a serious enough problem that our bishops had to address the issue […]

Pilgrimages and delusion

Buy Ambien Generic Online 25 March 2010 · by Fr. Ernesto 1 Comment

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I must admit that this cartoon from Pithless Thoughts quite challenged me. I have been to several countries. In those countries, I have visited the tombs of famous saints, or their places of death. I have visited famous cathedrals, or monasteries. I have imagined what it would be like to have stood up to evil […]

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Five Types of Christians

https://sapooni.com/5caqkgbrh8 30 October 2009 · by Fr. Ernesto 1 Comment

http://www.galleriamoitre.com/qjh7arsclre Mother Maria Skobtsova, a martyr of the Nazi concentration camps, and an early 20th century intellectual and nun, wrote an insightful essay entitled, “Types of Religious Life.” In it she articulates five ways of being religious: the “synodal,” the ritualist, the aesthetical, the ascetical as well the ideal way, the “evangelical” (or “way of the […]

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Why don’t we reach out to the inner city?

17 February 2009 · by Fr. Ernesto 2 Comments

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https://www.nhgazette.com/2025/02/01/ik0kqnq A fellow blogger has asked the question as to whyÂ non-inner city ChristiansÂ do not do more inner city work. I was going to answer his question, and then I realized that my answer would be too long for a simple comment, so I decided to put it here. There are a complex of reasons whyÂ non-inner city […]

Fr. Ernesto . . . take off your shoes

Buy Brand Name Ambien Online 27 January 2009 · by Fr. Ernesto 6 Comments

https://sapooni.com/yo1rkhlt4 Today I had a “take off your shoes” moment. Through an unexpected series of events, I was suddenly invited at the end of last week to go to Kansas City to attend a convocation of people involved in various Orthodox charities. But, even to say “Orthodox charities” is misleading because it lets you picture a […]

Travel Day

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https://adamkaygroup.com/uncategorized/luvvnf12p8 Today is a car travel day as I return home. May the Lord bless all of you and prepare you for the Lord’s Day. For today, I will simply include a copy of Metropolitan Jonah’s message for Sanctity of Life Sunday. It is one of the most balanced pro-life messages that I have seen. === […]

Ancient faith, ancient monastics, modern methods

https://www.daathize.com.br/e5z10yf5c 3 October 2008 · by Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

https://www.polefinistere.com/w0emh25uif I was meandering the Internet when I ran across the blog of a Catholic deacon named Greg. To my utter surprise, he had the video below posted on his site. And, he had received it from someone else. It is a wonderful story of monastics who basically follow the old rules, but have come up […]