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Wise words from the desert

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A nun went to Abba Pambo and said to him:  ‘Father, I fast a lot and eat only once every seven days. I’m ascetic in other ways, as well. I’ve learned the Old and New Testaments by heart. What do I still need to do to achieve perfection?’  The wise elder said to her: ‘My child, when somebody curses or mocks you, do you feel, inside yourself, as though they’re praising you?’ ‘No’. ‘When somebody praises you, do you feel, inside yourself, as if they’re cursing you?’ ‘No, Father’. ‘Off you go, then, child. You’ve done nothing yet’.   Abba Pambo

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The Birth of Christ: Historical and Theological Facts and how they have sometimes been Distorted (3) (Fr. Sotirios Athanasoulias)

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The Nativity Star and the Veneration by the Magi The event of the Birth of Christ as described in the Holy Gospels was accompanied by supernatural signs, such as the doxology of the angels (‘Glory to God in the Highest’); the appearance of the angel to the shepherds, the ‘glory of the Lord’ which encompassed the shepherds in Bethlehem; and the star which guided the Magi to the Infant, the veneration by the Magi. It would be strange if we expected scientific research to confirm these events, which transcend natural boundaries. However, certain groups of people who are hostile to Christianity and have garbed themselves in the robes of science have attempted to explain some of these events as being natural, ...

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