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Philokalia Ministries

Philokalia Ministries

Religion & Spirituality:Spirituality

The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis XII, Part III

The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis XII, Part III

2021-10-19
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Thank you everyone who participated tonight and for all of your great comments!  God bless

Synopsis:

Continuing along with Hypothesis 12, we are given another extraordinary story of the relationship between a mother and her son. Saint Alypios makes the decision to live a life solely dedicated to God and to silence. His plan is to go to live among the monks of the East and to leave home and family in the pursuit of the will of God. 

His mother, setting aside all natural sensibilities even though she’s a widow, supports this desire and seeks to deepen it through her own prayer.  Her desire is that her son’s desire would be fulfilled and that he would come to know the fullness of the love of God. When the Alypios’ bishop persuades him to return to his homeland in response to a Divine voice, his mother does not cease in her support of Alypios’ holy desire but rather helps him to pursue it with a singular focus. As he grows in virtue and prayer, she helps him to construct a shelter on top of a pillar on which to live in greater solitude. Very much like Mary the Mother of our Lord, she participates and her son’s pursuit of God‘s will. She’s not a passive observer but rather intimately united in faith with her son; a unity that far surpasses what any earthly love could produce. 

This example of living for God in the moment, even to the point of letting go of all sense of security, is foreign to us and, frankly, frightening. How is it that we are to live in the moment in our lives and in our vocations in such a way that we do not become calculating?  How can we walk the path of faith with purity and perfection - holding nothing back from God out of fear or anxiety or self-love? It is these greater and more personal questions that these stories put forward for us to contemplate!

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Text of chat during the group:

00:33:13 Ed Kleinguetl: Same as Mother Teresa of Calcutta
 
00:33:52 Rachel: Yes, I noticed that in my interactions with others. Something helped me very much, I heard a priest say, what people think of you is none of your business...
 
00:35:08 Rachel: then I realized, I don't even know what God thinks of me, I cannot store up virtues and line them up like trinkets. That yes, in the moment He is here. To love Him here and now.
 
00:36:16 Joseph Muir: The Missionaries of Charity (Mother Teresa’s nuns) in the Bronx have me on speed dial, and I sometimes get the most random phone calls from a small handful of the nuns in that particular convent, sometimes just to talk, but normally leading to their asking for a favor. They have such faith in their “associates”, the extended family of their community, to always be able to step up and help them out.
 
00:37:55 Rachel: Abandonment in this moment. It doesn't feel comfortable like some imply.
 
00:39:11 Eric Williams: My wife often mutters “You have a heck of a sense of humor, God!” ;)
 
00:39:16 Tyler Woloshyn: There is great joy in abandoning cares to the Lord no matter the overwhelming day when you find joy in setting aside that time to pray and do it joyfully.
 
00:41:09 Fr. Miron Kerul-Kmec Jr.: "We will conquer only through the cross." Elder Arsenie
 
00:49:04 renwitter: I think @carol roper should perfect her shelter-building skills for when Luke climbs up a pillar to live 😊
 
00:51:58 Rachel: wow
 
00:53:31 Rachel: that is so beautiful! It reminds me of when a soul or if a soul would tear down all of the comforts/consolations that prevent one from fully clinging to God alone
 
00:57:33 Ambrose Little: Who knew that facepalm gesture was so venerable and ancient.
 
00:57:47 Joseph Muir: 🤣
 
00:58:05 renwitter: I was literally just writing the same thing!!!
 
00:58:11 renwitter: 🤣🤣
 
01:16:52 Rachel: thank you!
 
01:17:02 maureencunningham: Thank You  Lords Blessing
 
01:17:16 Ashley Kaschl: Thanks, Father!! And welcome Joanne! 😁

 

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