These musings on Orthodox
themes have two aims. The blog is partly an attempt to clarify my own thoughts
and perhaps receive some feedback. At the same time, with a somewhat mixed
spiritual history, I tend to look at things from a slightly different angle and
my thoughts may strike a chord with readers and stimulate debate. I am no
theologian and it is unlikely that you will find here any great spiritual
truths or soul-searing revelations, merely the random thoughts of one, not
particularly pious, layman. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, any profundities you find
are purely accidental!
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Hello Chris,
ReplyDeleteI really appreciated your interview on AFR.
I am newly Orthodox-over a year ago. For my patron saint, I chose St Sophia, mother of orphans since I am a teacher and love the word sophia,
I may be a heretic when i say this so may God forgive me, but I have wanted information - or to write it myself- about saints who took up Christ's command to heal the sick, feed the hungry and the like. I read the Prologue every day and it is pretty gruesome.
Yesterday being sick with a cold and wanting to keep myself in bed, I started watching, on youtube, The Visual Bible, book of Matthew. It is an enacted word for word version and quite good. Twice in it He says-"I ask for mercy, not sacrifice" which to me, means that he is asking us to BE merciful. Of course, he says other things that say the opposite:)like leave your family which can be a huge sacrifice.
Anyway it gets me to thinking about mercy and sacrifice and I should probably talk to my priest about it.
In your research, are there abundant or any? saints who work to heal, clothe,feed, etc on the material plane, so to speak?
It has crossed my mind to write a children's book about them because to present the gruesome doesn't always enchant a child or inspire them...altho as a (Waldorf) teacher, I know they can love blood and the like!--or maybe you will write it:) In Waldorf we teach thru story and in second grade, use stories of saints and other good people to teach the art of language.
I don't know how to reply on the comment as thing so chose anonymous.
Hope that you and yours are well:)
In the USA
Isolde Perry
St Herman's in Port Townsend, WA
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