Wisdom from St. Maximus the Confessor (pt.8)
- Do not disdain the commandment of love, because by it you will be a son of God. If you transgress it you will become a son of Gehenna.
- What separates you from the love of friends is this: envying or being envied, hurting or being hurt, insulting or being insulted, and suspicious thoughts. May you never have done or experienced any of these things by which you might be separated from your friend’s love.
- A temptation came upon you from your brother, and the hurt led you to hate. Do not be overcome with hate but overcome hate with love. You will prevail in this way: Pray for him sincerely to God, accept his apology, or else come up with an apology for him yourself, think of yourself as the cause of the temptation, and be patient until the cloud has passed by.
- A person is patient if he waits out the end of a temptation and awaits the triumph of perseverance.
- “A patient man is rich in prudence,” because he refers every happening to its end, and while waiting for it he puts up with difficulties. “And the end is everlasting life,” according to the divine Apostle; “and this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent, Jesus Christ.”
†St. Maximus Confessor, Maximus Confessor: Selected Writings, From the 3rd Century on Love, pp. 77-78.
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- August 21 Pool party at Tice's home (Newark, DE)
- Sept 4 at Glasgow Park (Bear, DE)
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| Date | Matins | Epistle | |
| Aug 16 | Altschul | Bergwall | |
| Aug 23 | Plumley | Finlaw | |
| Aug 30 | Peck | Plumley | |
| Date | Coffee Hour | Service Duty | Church Cleaners |
| Aug 9 | Pecks / Wham / Tice / Dempsey / Ross / Manuel | Telep / Baldychev |
Sisko / Graham |
| Aug 16 | Riley / Riley / Hojnicki / Roberts / Flynn / Reed / Neal / Herninko | Bunitsky / Morjana |
Baldychev / Shatley‑Sylvest |
| Aug 23 | Hill / Kiflemariam / Guta / Sharman / McDowell | Riley / Herninko |
Lennon / Morales / Jaimes |
| Aug 30 | M. Tsegay / B. Gabriel / Plumley / Plummer / Santana | Stultz / Khanamerian |
Bunitsky / Davis / Mroz |
| Date | Adult Servers | Young Server Team |
| Aug 16 | Lennon / Sharman | Omega |
| Aug 23 | Lennon | Alpha |
| Aug 30 | Bergwall / Lennon | Omega |
| Sep 6 | Bergwall / Moses | Alpha |
| Sep 13 | Lennon / Moses | Omega |
| Sep 20 | Bergwall / Moses | Alpha |
| Sep 27 | Lennon / Moses | Omega |
This Week's Schedule
Tuesday, August 11th
Men's Book Study
at 6:30 a.m.
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Weekday Vespers
at 6:00 p.m.
followed by
Women's Fellowship
Thursday, August 13th
Parish Council
at 6:30 p.m.
Friday, August 14th
Dormition Vigil with Lamentations,
Burial Procession, Litya & Anointing
at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 15th
Great Feast: Dormition of the Mother of God
Hours
at 8:40 a.m.
Divine Liturgy
at 9:00 a.m.
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Ninth Hour
at 4:50 p.m.
Great Vespers
at 5:00 p.m.
followed by
Confessions
Sunday, August 16th
Matins
at 8:00 a.m.
Divine Liturgy
at 9:00 a.m.
followed by
Fellowship
Important Dates
Tuesday, September 8th
Great Feast: Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos
