Never Pray for Revenge on Your Enemies

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Never Pray for Revenge on Your Enemies

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“The present life is a wrestling school, a gymnasium, a battle, a smelting furnace, and a dyer’s house of virtue” – St John Chrysostom

Wednesday, January 28th, 2015

Ss. Ephraim and Isaac the Syrians

Dear Ones,

Blessings!

Never Pray for Revenge on Your Enemies

“If you pray for revenge on your enemies your prayers are sins…if you pray against your enemies you insult God who told you to pray for them…in the court of the emperor one is not allowed to strike any enemy or in presence of emperor himself or else one is immediately executed…you are worse than the man who was forgiven and choked his friend for 10 pence because you do it in the presence of the king!…remember hell and punishment and vengeance in your prayers and you will not pray against your enemies…we pray against enemies because we scrutinize others sins but not our own when we ought to do the opposite.”

St. John Chrysostom

Lecture #3 “Car Courtesy: How to Love Your Neighbor in the Other Car” will be tonight at 7pm.

Drone Aerial Highlights of the West Coast Walk for Life!

http://youtu.be/xCITYvk2rXg

65 St. Andrew folk attended the annual Walk for Life in San Francisco – what a treat!

Symposium of Ss. Cyril and Athanasius Orthodox Institute to be Held @ St. Andrew Church Feb. 7-8

Time to Sign Up!

This year the symposium is entitled, The City a Desert: Living the Life of the Desert in the Midst of the World. St. Athanasius the Great, one of the Institute’s patrons, famously wrote of the young monastic movement: “And the desert became a city, filled with monks.” So great was this avenue of spiritual life that it gave rise to giants of asceticism, hesychasm and prayer that have remained central to the Orthodox Christian life for centuries. But what of Christians who live in that very different sort of “desert”: the city? Is there hope for such spiritual progress for those who live in the midst of the world?

This fourth suite of regional February symposia will address the way that “the city may become a desert” — that is, a fruitful place for life-changing, deep spirituality and the Life in Christ. As always, these symposia bring together leading Orthodox lecturers (see this year’s speakers below), celebration of the Divine Services, panel discussions, opportunities for fellowship and many other dimensions that make these weekends important and prayerful events.

To see symposium schedule and register:

http://www.sforthodoxinstitute.org/conferences/114-riverside-2015/358-riverside-symposium