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To Enter Into His Glory

July 12, 2012 by Chris Brown Leave a Comment

It’s Sunday afternoon. Two disciples of Jesus are walking to Emmaus, a few miles away from Jerusalem. As they walk, they discuss the bizarre events of the previous days. Their leader – a man named Jesus whom they had followed as he cast out demons, healed the sick, and raised the dead – had been […]

Filed Under: House of St. Michael, Reflections Tagged With: 2 Corinthians, asceticism, Evagrios the Solitary, Gospel of Luke, Jesus, poverty, Resurrection, St. John of Karpathos, St. Symeon the New Theologian, Sufferings of Christ, Watchfulness

The Demon of Avarice

July 27, 2010 by Peter Becker Leave a Comment

“The demon of avarice…is extraordinarily complex and is baffling in his deceits.  He pretends to be a steward and a lover of the poor…he makes us mentally visit prisons in the city and ransom those on sale as slaves.  After deceiving the soul…he engulfs it in avaricious thoughts and then hands it over to the […]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: avarice, charity, debt, deceiving the soul, dependence, discrimination, Evagrios the Solitary, humility, inner cities, lottery ticket, money, passions, personal debt, poverty, school loans, seminaries, wealth, woodwork, works of mercy

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