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Can we do harm even when we only want to help?

If he gives you his arm and you cannot pull him out, he will drag you down and both of you will die. 
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Making the sign of the Holy Cross – a reason to be ashamed of in modern society?

God says that we cannot serve two lords, God and the world, and Apostle Jacob shows that the one who wants to be the friend of the world, is the enemy of God. We cannot serve the world, i.e. the…
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Saint Paraskevi, thank you for everything!

I am grateful to her for every time she hastened to help me when I cried my trouble before her Holy relics.
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Are we really paying attention to what our soul is missing?

In order to clean itself, the soul has the baptismal water and repentance, the divine meal of the Holy Communion as food and force, it has in this life Church and its holy ministers, and as payment…
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Love with all your heart and you will know what true joy is!

When you think this way, when you become one with this idea, it is impossible for you not to love God and not to be happy to abide the commandments, as you can. The same is with the love of your…
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Nourishment for our soul

The bread and water of our soul come from above, from heaven, because they are to this day nourishment for those who advance towards salvation.
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In search for the peace of mind and heart?

Nobody can achieve peace and spiritual serenity without fighting temptation and patiently enduring sorrow. The truth is that God did the same before He died on the Cross. He was mocked, humiliated…
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God wants us to talk to Him as much as possible

We as Christians should always pray to God, anytime, anywhere. And even if our wishes are fulfilled or not, we should still thank Him. Sometimes He listens, sometimes He doesn’t, because He knows…
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If you make silence in your soul, you will hear the answer to your prayer

Jesus Christ himself, in order to show us the use and need of a silent life, from time to time he let aside public sermon and went to silent places, so that he find peace and pray.
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Don’t work without prayer!

There’s no other treasure more honest than prayer in our lives. This is why you should never let it aside, but as our Lord said, pray so that our struggle will not be in vain.
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You are healthy, young and strong – but don’t count on this

Don’t count on the fact that you are healthy, beautiful, rich or young! These are shadows and dreams. Our life is short. Very, very short. We need to live here for the eternal life. 
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If God loves us so much why is our life so filled with trouble?

If God loves us so much then why is our live so much affected by different problems? Or if we ask this question through the words of the Holy Scripture: why does God scold the one who loves and why…
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If it’s useful for your salvation, God will allow for your marriage as well!

If this proposal to marriage will be useful for you, God will send His help and blessing, and if it isn’t then through His judgement he will undo this plan. Being at God’s mercy, at not seeking to…
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How do we plant the seed of prayer in our children’s heart?

While children are young, in our home there should be some rules that, as soon as our children grow up, should be reduced little by little, in order to give them some freedom.  
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How should we behave towards those who have fallen from faith?

Be careful so that you don’t hate those who don’t believe. Pray to God for them. You will be a missionary. Your first rule should be: pray to God for those who have fallen from faith. The grace of…
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Without love, life is torment

God’s commandments are easy only when there’s love, because if it weren’t for love, then everything became a torment. 
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What’s the use of being pale and weakened from fasting if our heart is filled with hatred?

What’s the use for our body to be deprived of food if our soul is filled with sins? What’s the use of being pale and weakened from fasting if our heart is filled with hatred?
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My dears, after you sit the conscience exam, which one of you will pass it?

Let’s be humans in the whole meaning of the word, to bear humanity in oneself. Humbleness is similar with humanity. Unfortunately, in today’s world there’s little humanity. Each one is thinking about…
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Love is present in the smallest things

Love is present in all the bodily gestures, when, serving God the body is filled with spiritual fruits, when man raises his hands towards God for charity and partaking, when he directs his steps…
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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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