Welcome to Maxim Monday! 22. Exercise Regularly We all know that exercising regularly is very good for us. For some of us, though, it is a very difficult task to undergo. We are all so busy in life and on top of that we have grown accustomed to not having to put forth a whole… Continue reading Maxim Week 22
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Maxim Week 21
Have a healthy, wholesome hobby. Have something where you exercise your brain just for the pure joy of it. ~Fr. Thomas Hopko Welcome to Maxim Monday! I like this weeks maxim. It is telling us to take time to work on something you enjoy. Websters definition of "hobby" is 1. an activity done regularly in… Continue reading Maxim Week 21
Maxim Week 20
Maintain cleanliness and order in your home. God doesn’t live in clutter or in filth and dirt. Yes, we don’t have to be fanatics about having everything prissy clean, but we have to have a Sophianic order, at least in some parts of our house where we live and eat and where we pray especially.… Continue reading Maxim Week 20
Maxim Week 19
Be polite with everyone—first of all, the members of your own family. Sometimes we feel, we could be rude with our own family members but nice to people outside. No, we must begin with kindness to those closest to us first. ~Fr. Thomas Hopko Anyone who has children knows that when they are out among… Continue reading Maxim Week 19
Gladness
My last post, Psalm 100, really got me thinking. My deepest desire is to seek joy. To mindfully live my life with the joy of the Resurrection in my heart. Joyfully live my life. Psalm 100:2 says, Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. This verse jumps out at me when… Continue reading Gladness
Maxim Week 15
Fr. Thomas Hopko says in his podcast: Read the Scriptures regularly—not reading them to fight with others, not reading them to show off quoting, but reading them as fuel, as food. Because if we don’t read the Scriptures regularly, we die. It would be like trying to live without eating or to drive a car… Continue reading Maxim Week 15
Maxim Monday #14
Fr. Thomas Hopko said when sharing the 55 Maxims in his podcast, "Normally, that would be one’s pastor, or one’s Spiritual Father or Mother, one’s elder. But every human being, every Christian, must have someone who knows everything about them. And that we regularly report to them about what is going on in our… Continue reading Maxim Monday #14
Maxim # 13
Welcome to Maxim Monday #13! Fr. Thomas Hopko says in his podcast, "Do not engage intrusive thoughts and feelings. When feelings come upon you, when thoughts come upon you, don’t engage them. If you accept them, they’ve got you, and you will sin. So you’ve got to cut them off, right at the very start."… Continue reading Maxim # 13
Maxim # 12
Welcome to Maxim Monday and Fr. Thomas Hopko's 12th Maxim! Fr. Thomas said on his podcast: Go to Confession and Holy Communion regularly. Participate in the Church’s sacramental life. As St. John Chrysostom said sixteen centuries ago in Antioch: Repentance opens the heavens, takes us to Paradise, overcomes the devil. Have you sinned? Do not… Continue reading Maxim # 12
A New Stamp
Last Sunday, a young lady walked up to me and asked if I did wax stamps. "Why, yes I do!" She then proceeded to tell me that she accidentally bought a 2nd one of one she already has and wondered if I would like it! I'm thrilled to have a new wax seal stamp! I… Continue reading A New Stamp
Kindler of Joy! 