jgress wrote:... during the Fast the demons are always eager to destroy our souls with unrighteous anger....
Well, I respect your desire for peace and tranquility during the Great Lent.
If you still want to know the truth, feel free to ask me after Easter.
In Christ,
Costas.
Thank you Costa. If I wish to know more about your position, I will certainly ask you. And you are always free to ask questions and contribute here, provided you are sensitive to our position.
In XC,
Jonathan
Most of the time, he keeps his hair tied tightly and in a bun, but on two occasions I have seen him let it down but still tied up.
How do I explain this? He probably had a migraine and needed to relieve the pressure.
What Excedrin headache number would that be ?
http://www.excedrin.com/excedrin-migraine.shtml
mmcxristidis wrote:Most of the time, he keeps his hair tied tightly and in a bun, but on two occasions I have seen him let it down but still tied up.
How do I explain this? He probably had a migraine and needed to relieve the pressure.What Excedrin headache number would that be ?
He used to have rather severe, debilitating ones, but I believe he's been doing better recently with it.
Fr Anastasios wrote:mmcxristidis wrote:Most of the time, he keeps his hair tied tightly and in a bun, but on two occasions I have seen him let it down but still tied up.
How do I explain this? He probably had a migraine and needed to relieve the pressure.What Excedrin headache number would that be ?
He used to have rather severe, debilitating ones, but I believe he's been doing better recently with it.
Happy to hear he's doing better with the migraines. I'v never had a migraine headache but i'm told that they can be severely painful and debilitating. May God grant him quick and permanent healing from his migraines.
On Illness
4 . My child, although much of your illness is due to disobedience, the love of God is evident in you.
God loves you very much, which is why He chastens you. God is working out your precious salvation through the trials you are undergoing.
He wants to lighten your burden and fill the vessel of your soul with the gift of the great hope of obtaining heaven and dwelling eternally near Christ, Whom you have ardently loved in this life! So what remains for you to do?
Maintain utmost patience, exercise courage in the trial you are undergoing, and give boundless thanks to the excellent Guide of our souls, coupled also with grace-filled humility.
My child, walk up the path to Golgotha with the cross you have been given by the greatly beneficent hand of Him Who loves and chastens you so that you may partake of His holiness.
On Illness
5 . My child, I pray that the God of patience and consolation (Rom. 15:5 ) will strengthen you in your illness, which you have fallen into by the will of God.
When I heard that you were seriously ill, I felt much pain for you and begged our Panagia to make you well, first in soul and then in body.
My child, think of the holy martyrs—how much they endured for the love of our Christ!
Therefore, you should also say to yourself, “Lowly one, patiently endure the torments of illness so that you may avoid the eternal torments of hell!”
Those martyrs voluntarily submitted to the tortures of martyrdom, whereas you are in pain involuntarily.
But even this is good; it will benefit you significantly—just bear the chastisement of the Lord with joy and thankfulness.
Tell yourself these and other such things to strengthen yourself and to give yourself fortitude and consolation.