“Apart from the multitude of people with whom you live amongst and see every day, there is also another group of people who live within the multitude….Among the many who live a common life, there are a few whose life consists of little more than seeking the Lord every minute. That in itself brings them rejuvenation and an angelic sweetness. Their life is full of expectation and constant struggle. However, they go on with a sense of, as it called, ‘joyful mourning’. These people, however, remain unknown. If they were to reveal their particular way of thinking to the many, they would be found strange and would be ridiculed, so they keep it to themselves.” St. Nektarios of Aegina 1846-1920 (p 182 Saint Nektarios: The Saint of Our Century, by Sotos Chondropoulos 1997, 2004)Saturday, November 8, 2008
Salt of the earth
“Apart from the multitude of people with whom you live amongst and see every day, there is also another group of people who live within the multitude….Among the many who live a common life, there are a few whose life consists of little more than seeking the Lord every minute. That in itself brings them rejuvenation and an angelic sweetness. Their life is full of expectation and constant struggle. However, they go on with a sense of, as it called, ‘joyful mourning’. These people, however, remain unknown. If they were to reveal their particular way of thinking to the many, they would be found strange and would be ridiculed, so they keep it to themselves.” St. Nektarios of Aegina 1846-1920 (p 182 Saint Nektarios: The Saint of Our Century, by Sotos Chondropoulos 1997, 2004)
