Month: October 2005

  • Good news! One of our wonderful psaltis (chanters) and his dear wife have just found out that their adoption is complete and they are flying  on Sunday to Guatemala to pick up their son Gabriel aged 3.5 from the HOGAR RAFAEL AYAU orphanage. We are so blessed to have a child of the Hogar join our Church family. A few years ago we were very blessed to have Mother Ines and Mother Maria visit our parish. We are so thankful to God for giving V. and N. their sweet little son and for the love the sisters and all those that care so much for these beautiful children and raise them to be Orthodox Christians!


    ~Glory be to God for all things!!~

  • Overheard at our house just  now.


    Nicholas:  ”Hey Basil , guess what? Today at the pumpkin farm we saw a goat poop and cow  pee.”


    Isn’t that classic!


    It is amazing the things that make an impression on a 6 year old.

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    I found Jonah’s tooth on the bathroom floor!   


    No baby  yet. Maybe around the 18th or so….. or when Fr. gets back from his conference.


    Oh and more exciting news. Nicholas lost a tooth tonight too. Nicholas is now minus 4 of his front teeth! He looks like a little  jack-o-lantern! Two front teeth missing on the top and the  two either side of his bottom adult teeth.  


     

  • Jonah aged 4 lost his first tooth tonight!! He was so cute when he came and told us. First of all he looked like he was going to cry, he had a little blood on his lip and I thought at first he had fallen. Then he said, “I was just going to the potty and my tooth fell out.”  And we got all excited and he still looked like he was starting to cry. Fr. hugged him and said “what’s wrong?”  Jonah said, “It just fell out and dropped on the floor and I don’t have it.” He was so sad!  I told him not to worry that Nicholas swallowed his first two teeth! That cheered him up a bit and now Fr. is off to put money under his pillow.  Jonah is so sweet….. We have a lot of toothless people in the house! We were laughing with the boys that when the baby comes she will be toothless too!


    This morning  in Church Fr. was talking to the children. I didn’t think Jonah was paying any attention. I was in the fifth or six row with all the other children in front of us.


    So Fr. is talking about how there is so much to learn about the faith and that even he doesn’t know everything there is to know about the faith.


    Where upon Jonah turns to me and says,


    “Yes he does! He is just teasing!!”


    I guess every child likes to think his father knows everything!!


     

  • Thank you all for your prayers. There are moments when the evil one is still at work. However today at Church we had some very positive feedback about Fr. teaching the children in Church. Please continue to pray for the few individuals that have left the Church over this issue. They are really missing out. Pray that the Holy Spirit will guide them back to the Church and to the TRUTH. Thank you again. We can feel your prayers.


    Thankfully I am able to take darvocet which dulls the pain, due to the pubic symphysis dysfunction just  a bit.  Making it possible for me to get out of bed just long enough to attend the Divine Liturgy  and receive Holy Communion in preparation for the birth of our baby. Today’s Gospel was a great reminder to me of my personal responsibility as an Orthodox Christian and a Presvytera.














    TODAY’S GOSPEL READING
    2nd Sunday of Luke



    The Reading is from Luke 6:31-36


    The Lord said, “And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.”

     


     


     


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  • This just made me smile.

     

    Divine Providence

     

         Father Paisios told us the following incident:

         -When I was young and still residing at the monastery, the fathers sent me to try and persuade an old father, who was living in a cell near by, to come to our monastery so that we may look after him. I went to him and said:

         -Father, it must be so hard to look after yourself. Why don’t you come to our monastery? We will take care of you. What do you think, will you come with me?

         He replied:

         -Father, God takes care of the small little worms and provides food for them to live. Won’t He take care of me, the big old worm?

     

    Selected from:

     Elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain. From the Conversations and Homilies of Elder Paisios.