truisms

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Mon 12 February 2007 11:59 am

A special word must be said about fasting during lent. Generally speaking fasting is an essential element of the Christian Life. Christ fasted and taught men to fast. Blessed fasting is done in secret, without ostentation or accusation of others (Mt 6:16; Rom 14). It has as its goal the purification of our lives, the liberation of our souls and bodies from sin, the strengthening of our human powers of love for God and man, the enlightening of our entire being for communion with the Blessed Trinity.
Anonymous

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Mon 12 February 2007 2:06 pm

The older I get, the smarter my father gets.
A son

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Mon 12 February 2007 2:21 pm

The way up is always down. The way to fullness is always emptiness. The way to exaltation is always humiliation. You have to lose your life in order to save it.
Fr Stephen Freeman

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Tue 13 February 2007 7:37 am

Be a father to orphans, and be like a husband to their mother; you will then be like a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than does your mother.
Sirach 4:10

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Tue 13 February 2007 8:05 am

There are 17 ways to do everything in the Orthodox Church, and 17 ways to do each of the 17 ways.
Anonymous

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Tue 13 February 2007 8:34 am

Children are the keys of paradise.
Eric Hoffer

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Tue 13 February 2007 8:35 am

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless. Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.
Eric Hoffer