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2019-01-22T15:47:41-05:00

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Rebuilt – Off the Shelf 072 with Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran

Last updated on: January 22, 2019 at 3:47 pm By Pete Socks

Show Notes This week we have a recap of the recent Rebuilt 2018 Conference held at Church of the Nativity in Timonium, MD. In segment one I had a chance to interview Rebuilt co-author and Church of Nativity pastor, Father Michael White on site about the days events. Co-author Tom Corcoran and I chatted recently to round out this episode on the mission of Rebuilt, how parishes can take advantage of the lessons learned by Church of Nativity and their... Read more

2018-05-15T05:38:03-05:00

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Control your anger before you pray; Church Fathers: Day 287

Last updated on: May 15, 2018 at 5:38 am By Pete Socks

It is nothing less than blasphemy, says St. Ephrem the Syrian, if you pray while you’re angry with your neighbor. This is the first commandment: that you should love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul, and with your strength as much as you are able. The sign that you love God is this: that you love your neighbor. If you hate your neighbor, your hatred is really for God. It is blasphemy if you pray to... Read more

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2018-05-14T05:41:52-05:00

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Don’t blame your bad mood on someone else; Church Fathers: Day 286

Last updated on: May 14, 2018 at 5:41 am By Pete Socks

The cause of our gloominess is nowhere outside ourselves, says St. John Cassian. Depression grows like a weed from the seeds of our own faults. Sometimes depression is the fault of previous anger, or springs from the desire of some gain that has not been realized, when someone has found that he has failed in his hope of getting the things he had planned to get. But sometimes, without any apparent reason for our being driven to fall into this... Read more

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2018-05-13T05:50:50-05:00

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Never be angry—at all; Church Fathers: Day 285

Last updated on: May 13, 2018 at 5:50 am By Pete Socks

Anger clouds our judgment, says St. John Cassian. The only way to be safe is to make up our minds not to be angry at all, even when we think we have a good reason. The athlete of Christ who plays by the rules ought to root out the feeling of wrath completely. And it will be a sure remedy for this disease, if in the first place we make up our mind that we ought never to be angry... Read more

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2018-05-12T05:35:44-05:00

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Blame yourself for your anger; Church Fathers: Day 284

Last updated on: May 12, 2018 at 5:35 am By Pete Socks

We often say that someone has “made” us angry. Don’t blame someone else, says St. John Cassian. You can’t control the actions of others, but you have control over your own virtue. Sometimes, when we have been overcome by pride or impatience, and we want to improve our rough and bearish manners, we complain that we require solitude—as if we should find the virtue of patience there where nobody provokes us. We apologize for our carelessness, and say that the... Read more

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2018-05-11T05:38:33-05:00

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Find the right use for your anger; Church Fathers: Day 283

Last updated on: May 11, 2018 at 5:38 am By Pete Socks

The passion of anger blinds us and sends us tumbling into sin, says St. John Cassian. But there is one right use for it. We should be very angry at our own failings, and that anger should lead us to overcome them. From almost every cause the emotion of wrath boils over, and blinds the eyes of the soul, and, bringing the deadly beam of a worse disease over the keenness of our sight, prevents us from seeing the sun... Read more

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2018-05-10T05:37:07-05:00

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Don’t excuse your anger from Scripture; Church Fathers Day 282

Last updated on: May 10, 2018 at 5:37 am By Pete Socks

Some people, says St. John Cassian, try to excuse their anger by saying that righteous anger is perfectly fine. Doesn’t the Bible talk a lot about God’s “wrath”? But God is not subject to human passions. You can’t justify your own sin by an appeal to the metaphorical language of Scripture. We have heard some people trying to excuse this most pernicious disease of the soul (anger), trying to extenuate it by a rather shocking way of interpreting Scripture. They... Read more

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2018-05-09T10:23:45-05:00

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Gratefulness is achievable

Last updated on: May 9, 2018 at 10:23 am By Pete Socks

“Gratitude is like cholera.” Not quite the way I was expecting the chapter to lead off but upon reading Make Today Matter: 10 Habits for a Better Life (and World) it seemed to make sense. Chris Lowney has written a book that teaches readers how to build a better. I had the pleasure of being part of a blog tour for the book, and my focus will be on Chapter 8 – Be More Grateful. This is a trait that... Read more

Make Today Better. Chris Lowney

2018-05-09T05:25:12-05:00

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Don’t let anger force the Spirit out; Church Fathers: Day 281

Last updated on: May 9, 2018 at 5:25 am By Pete Socks

The visionary Hermas is told that anger forces the Holy Spirit to take flight from our souls. Once we let anger in, we’re on the road to “incurable sin.” Listen, and hear how wicked the action of anger is, and how it overthrows the servants of God and turns them away from righteousness. For as soon as it sees the thoughtless and doubting standing steadfast, it throws itself into their hearts, and the man or woman starts to get angry... Read more

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2018-05-08T05:47:18-05:00

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Don’t insult God’s image; Church Fathers: Day 280

Last updated on: May 8, 2018 at 5:47 am By Pete Socks

If you are angry at your neighbor, says St. Ephrem the Syrian, you are angry at God, because your neighbor is the image of God. But if you honor your neighbor, you honor God. If you are angry against your neighbor, you are angry against God; and if you bear anger in your heart, your pride is lifted up against the Lord. If you rebuke in envy, all your reproof is wicked. But if love dwells in you, you have... Read more

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