What a beautiful group! Beauty, however, is not only found in the things that are attractive or appeal to our sensibilities. What is beautiful is found in the truth – the truth that speaks to the depths of our hearts and our religiosity. Once again, the fathers speak to us and present to us the gospel in unvarnished fashion.
What is the disposition that we are to have in our service of God and others? If we give ourselves over to task with obedience, then we can be assured that God will provide all the grace that is necessary. If we do these tasks poorly, if we make mistakes, these do not diminish the value of our work. What gives shape to the work is the love and the humility of Christ.
There are so many things that rush to our minds as to why we cannot bear something or why we cannot do a certain work. However, the fathers show us that so often such things are excuses; that is, plausible lies. They are reasonable because they are rooted in the reality of our own weaknesses. They are lies because they do not take into account the grace and the mercy of God. So often when we take up a task we engage in the labor abstracted from Christ. However, if we simply offer that labor to Christ, if we take it up by his grace and for his glory, then it has more value than we could ever imagine.
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The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis I, Part VIII
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Forty-six Part II and Letter Forty-seven Part I
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis I, Part VII
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Forty-six Part I
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis I, Part VI
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Forty-five Part II
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis I, Part V
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Forty-four Part II and Letter Forty-five
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis I, Part IV
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Forty-three Part II and Letter Forty-four
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis I, Part III
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Forty-three
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis I, Part II
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Forty-two
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis I, Part I
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Forty-one Part II
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Forty Part III and Letter Forty-one Part I
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Forty Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Seventy-six Part II and Homily Seventy-seven
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Thirty-nine Part II and Letter Forty Part I
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