oecumenisme
Mercredi 2 MARS 2016 / ELÉMENTS POUR MÉDITER, RÉFLÉCHIR, PRIER ET MIEUX AGIR:
"Manes said: It is written, that "death reigned from Adam to Moses." Archelaus said: And consequently it has an end, because it has had a beginning in time. And this saying is also true, that "death is swallowed up in victory." It is apparent, then, that...
Mardi 1er MARS 2016 / ELÉMENTS POUR MÉDITER, RÉFLÉCHIR, PRIER ET MIEUX AGIR:
"In the fear of God, and with faith and love, draw near." The Book of Psalms and Proverbs both teach that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." This fear, however, should not be confused with an animal-like fear, but rather the rational...
Lundi 15 FÉVRIER 2016 / ELÉMENTS POUR MÉDITER, RÉFLÉCHIR, PRIER ET MIEUX AGIR:
The closer one is to God in reality -- and not simply in one's imagination -- the more one feels unworthy and sinful, more sinful than anyone else. The Holy Fathers felt this way. There are many examples of this. The publican considered himself a sinner...
Samedi 13 FÉVRIER 2016 / ELÉMENTS POUR MÉDITER, RÉFLÉCHIR, PRIER ET MIEUX AGIR:
'If the soul keeps far away from all discourse in words, from all disorder and human disturbance, the Spirit of God will come in to her and she who was barren will be fruitful.' (St. Poemen) L'Eglise Syro-Orthodoxe Francophone fait aujourd'hui mémoire...
Vendredi 12 FÉVRIER 2016 / ELÉMENTS POUR MÉDITER, RÉFLÉCHIR, PRIER ET MIEUX AGIR:
Blessed the one who always keeps the memory of God in himself, he will be wholly like an Angel from heaven upon earth, ministering to the Lord with fear and love.' (St. Ephrem of Syria) Livre d'Isaïe 58,1-9. Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu : crie à...
Jeudi 11 FÉVRIER 2016 / ELÉMENTS POUR MÉDITER, RÉFLÉCHIR, PRIER ET MIEUX AGIR:
'His compassion is given to His works: His severity is not over His works, but over your works. Lastly, if you remove your own evil works, and there remain in you nought but His work, His compassion will not leave you: but if you leave not your works,...
Mercredi 10 FÉVRIER 2016 / ELÉMENTS POUR MÉDITER, RÉFLÉCHIR, PRIER ET MIEUX AGIR:
"As soon as a desire or a worldly thought enters our mind, God immediately sends a warning. Instead of coming to our senses and blocking such thoughts and desires, we nurture them and long for them, and afterwards we wonder why bad things happen to us....
Mardi 9 FÉVRIER 2016 / ELÉMENTS POUR MÉDITER, RÉFLÉCHIR, PRIER ET MIEUX AGIR:
"The hand that is moved by love does not feel weary" (+ Pope Shenouda +) L'Eglise Syro-Orthodoxe Francophone fait en France et au Cameroun mémoire aujourd'hui de: Saint Cyrille d'Alexandrie, NICÉPHORE, martyr à Antioche († 260) APOLLINE, vierge martyre...
Lundi 8 FÉVRIER 2016 / ELÉMENTS POUR MÉDITER, RÉFLÉCHIR, PRIER ET MIEUX AGIR:
All afflictions and unhappiness are sent to us because we do not have humility. We need to live as God commands, and not as we want to. Nothing happens without God's will. In our lives there is nothing accidental. I pray to the Lord, that His will would...
Vendredi 5 FÉVRIER 2016 / ELÉMENTS POUR MÉDITER, RÉFLÉCHIR, PRIER ET MIEUX AGIR:
"Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears....