Elements - PART I - EARTH Quotes

“When God wanted to create fish, He spoke to the sea. When God wanted to create trees, He spoke to the earth. But when God wanted to create man, He turned to Himself. “Let Us make man in Our image and in Our likeness”. If you take a fish out of the water it will die; and when you remove a tree from the earth, it will also die. Likewise, when man is removed from God, he dies. ~author unknown”
― A Priest Of The Oriental Church, Elements - PART I - EARTH: The Transfiguration of Elijah

“Humans aren’t very creative. They medicate their hurts with the very things that wounded their nature in the beginning— which then leaves them in a worse state than before.”
― A Priest Of The Oriental Church, Elements - PART I - EARTH: The Transfiguration of Elijah

“Innocence is a strange gift. On the one hand it protects the one clothed in her, on the other hand, once shed… it is difficult for one to recover her.”
― A Priest Of The Oriental Church, Elements - PART I - EARTH: The Transfiguration of Elijah

“And yet, this complaining unwittingly creates a further desire in humans to have things just perfectly perfect in their lives. Once one tastes a certain level of luxury and comfort, it is very difficult to move away from the ever widening gate that leads to destruction. The narrow gate now seems impossible, and frankly, unwanted.”
― A Priest Of The Oriental Church, Elements - PART I - EARTH: The Transfiguration of Elijah

“Her unhappiness translated into seeing himself as a failure. When one’s identity is attached to someone else’s reaction or perception of you— it becomes an identity roller coaster. One moment I am awesome. One moment I suck. One becomes a slave to others’ opinions. In a twisted kind of way, one seeks to please others in order to ultimately please oneself. It is a subtle lie— but a violent one.”
― A Priest Of The Oriental Church, Elements - PART I - EARTH: The Transfiguration of Elijah

“Mama smiled at her sweet Elijah. You are hungry for my Son. Only He can fill you. Only He can satisfy you. He can place in you a fountain of everlasting life flowing from your heart quenching your need for anything else. She covered him with her veil for a short moment just as Sally had been asking her in that very moment.”
― A Priest Of The Oriental Church, Elements - PART I - EARTH: The Transfiguration of Elijah

“Elijah and Mary’s guardian angels both disliked weekend parties and after parties. They could not understand why humans would put themselves through such mindless suffering. Of course, Elijah and Mary didn’t see it as suffering— on the contrary, they saw it as bliss.”
― A Priest Of The Oriental Church, Elements - PART I - EARTH: The Transfiguration of Elijah