Wisdom from St. Maximus the Confessor (pt.6)
- Humility is continual prayer with tears and suffering. For this constant calling on God for help does not allow us to trust foolishly in our own strength and wisdom nor to be arrogant toward others. These are the dangerous diseases of the passion of pride.
- It is one thing to fight against a simple thought so as not to arouse passion. It is another thing to fight a passionate thought to avoid giving consent. But in both of these ways the thoughts are not allowed to linger.
- Hurt is linked to resentment. Thus when someone’s mind associates the face of a brother with hurt, it is clear that he bears him a grudge. But “the ways of the resentful lead to death,” because, “every resentful man is a transgressor of the law.”
- If you bear a grudge against anyone, pray for him and you will stop the passion in its tracks. By prayer you separate the hurt from the memory of the evil which he did you and in becoming loving and kind you completely obliterate passion from the soul. On the other hand, if someone else bears you a grudge, be generous and humble with him, treat him fairly, and you will deliver him from the passion.
†St. Maximus Confessor, Maximus Confessor: Selected Writings, From the 3rd Century on Love, pp. 73 - 74.
On Saturday, August 8th, we have a special guest speaker, Dr. Zachary Porcu, author of Journey to Reality (a required book for all of our catechumens). He will give two talks. Talk #1 will be from 2:30 - 3:30 about our secular society. Talk #2 will be from 3:45 - 4:45 on the sacramental life. Don’t miss this rare opportunity! Catechumens, please plan to be there.
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- August 7 at White Clay Creek Preserve Lot 2 (Landenberg, PA)
- August 21 Pool party at Tice's home (Newark, DE)
- Sept 4 at Glasgow Park (Bear, DE)
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| Date | Matins | Epistle | |
| Aug 9 | Skomorucha | Lennon | |
| Aug 16 | Altschul | Bergwall | |
| Date | Coffee Hour | Service Duty | Church Cleaners |
| Aug 2 | Clause / Whalen / Beyene / Cuthbert / Kraiter | Nastase / Najemy |
Skomorucha/ Hill/ Carey / Gregors |
| Aug 9 | Pecks / Wham / Tice / Dempsey / Ross / Manuel | Telep / Baldychev |
Sisko / Graham |
| Aug 16 | Riley / Riley / Hojnicki / Roberts / Flynn / Reed / Neal / Herninko | Bunitsky / Morjana |
Baldychev / Shatley‑Sylvest |
| Date | Servers |
| Aug 9 | Bergwall / Sharman |
| Aug 16 | Lennon / Sharman |
| Aug 23 | Lennon |
| Aug 30 | Bergwall / Lennon |
| Sep 6 | Bergwall / Moses |
| Sep 13 | Lennon / Moses |
| Sep 20 | Bergwall / Moses |
| Sep 27 | Lennon / Moses |
This Week's Schedule
Wednesday, August 5th
Vigil with Litya & Anointing
at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 6th
Hours
at 8:40 a.m.
Divine Liturgy
at 9:00 a.m.
Saturday, August 8th
Journey to Reality Talks
from 2:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Ninth Hour
at 4:50 p.m.
Great Vespers
at 5:00 p.m.
followed by
Confessions
Sunday, August 9th
Matins
at 8:00 a.m.
Divine Liturgy
at 9:00 a.m.
followed by
Fellowship
Important Dates
Saturday, August 15th
Great Feast: Dormition of the Mother of God
