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"Fasting is a great thing but love is even greater".
St. Nikolai Velimirovich - The Prologue of Ohrid
How do you understand this?
Me, for instance, I am making a trip to see my parents in Romania this March. They are not really fasting, and are thinking to make a lot of goodies for me when I come. Think they will be very upset if I refuse them, so I am really thinking not to.
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Love is very hard to achieve at first(especially love for enemies,for those who hurt or betray us);so in my opinion I fast in order to gain some spiritual power to get there.
Fasting for me is the ABC of relation with God;if I cannot abtain myself temporarily from bodily pleasures I feel unworthy to even call upon God!
Fasting is discipline for my body and mind,is like exercising to be a solder in the God's Army.
About your trip and fasting during that time, it will be better to ask your spiritual father for guidance.
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Cuvine-se cu adevarat sa te fericim pe tine, Nascatoare de Dumnezeu, cea pururea fericita si prea nevinovata si Maica Dumnezeului nostru. Ceea ce esti mai cinstita decat Heruvimii si mai slavita fara de asemanare decat Serafimii, care fara stricaciune pe Dumnezeu-Cuvantul ai nascut, pe tine, cea cu adevarat Nascatoare de Dumnezeu, te marim.
Last edited by Yasmina; 27.02.2015 at 08:37:24.
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