CATECHESIS 68 That we must be renewed for what is ahead through endurance of the trials that fall upon us, both visible and invisible. [On the 5th Sunday.] Brethren and fathers, because winter has passed and spring has arrived, we see creation flourishing again; the plants are flowering, the earth is growing green, the birds are singing and everything else …
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE The place of these two catechesis in the numbering suggests that they may have been given during the 4th week of Lent. CATECHESIS 66 That this Pascha is a type of the future and eternal Pascha; and about endurance and courage. Brethren and fathers, Lent is already galloping past and the soul rejoices at the imminence of Pascha, because …
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On fasting and dispassion; spoken at the beginning of the fast. Brethren and fathers, the season of Lent, when compared to the whole year, may be likened to a storm-free harbour, in which all who are sailing together enjoy a spiritual calm. For the present season is one of salvation not for monks and nuns only, but also for lay …
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ModeOfLife Become love as God exhorts us, for this is the true starting point for changing your life and the world. For it is love that will bring respect, justice and equity into the world, not our personal opinion of what justice or equity is.