Father Gheorghe Calciu

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God Suffers With Those Who Suffer

When I was in prison and I saw people who died in prayer, people who were suffering and prayed for those who made them suffer, people who were in prison together with their children and their parents…
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How to control your thoughts while praying?

According to Father Porphyries all these thoughts that come into our mind while praying are like planes. First, you can hear them in the distance, as a background noise, and gradually the noise…
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Nothing else can quench the thirst of living water

We want to take a sip from the water of Christianity and never be thirsty again, to never have to go to the well again and to know the truth in Jesus Christ.
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Conflicts end only after understanding that you need to forgive and be forgiven

Have faith, be kind and forgive! I have always said that living together is hard. You need to know how to obtain forgiveness.
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Praying for Others Helps Us First

We shall pray and ask God help for our brethren but not as if we were some kind of saints who have the right to ask something.
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‘God, Do Not Leave Me!’

Jesus’ name is sweet when summoned, it casts out demons and brings angels back, and makes the heart and mind to be gentle with others. But if you are not there yet, follow the rule of prayer in the…
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God appreciates diligence more than the result

Everything is appreciated by God in his divine way, not in a humanly way, because God does not offer rewards for our acts but for the effort.
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You don’t get to heaven on your own but living in communion

Loneliness isolates you, makes you helpless, and prevents your spirit to enjoy the good things of this world, especially those of the spiritual world, while life in community saves you from many…
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It’s good to know how to ask for forgiveness

It’s not hard to forgive but to obtain forgiveness – and not through a meaningless sentence of conventional use, but through something that comes from the bottom of your soul.
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Blessed are they that have not seen but have believed!

God resources to wonders in order to convince us only in special cases, and calls in a mystical way each one of us. Which means that our heart is lit by His light, we understand Him, we feel His call…
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God appreciates more the effort than the result

There all appreciated by God in His divine way – not a human one – for God rewards your struggle and not the deed and its result.
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