Who we are Sunday August 24 2025, 17H51
Bartholomaeus, Ap. 12 lect.
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Two brothers went to the market to sell their wares, and while one of them had gone to perform the service, he who was left by himself fell into fornication ; and the other brother came and said to him, ' My brother, let us go to the cell,' but he said to him, 'I cannot go, for I have fallen into fornication.' Now while he was seeking to do better, the brother began to swear to him, saying, 'I also, when I was away from you, fell in the same manner, nevertheless, come, and let us repent together, and it may happen that God will pardon us.' And when they came to their cells they informed the old men about the temptation which had come to them, and whatsoever the old men told them to do the two brothers did, and the one brother repented with the other, just as if he had sinned with him. Now God saw the labour of his love, and in a few days He sent a revelation to one of the old men concerning the matter, saying, 'For the sake of the love of that brother who did not sin, forgive you him that did commit sin.' This is what is meant by the words, ' A man should lay down his soul for his friend.'


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Q: "What does one learn in the desert?"
Father Mina: "To have an authentic sincere Love towards Christ"
Q: "What experience of God do we make here?"
Father Mina: "We make the experience of the personal intimate friendship with the person of the Lord Jesus-Christ... The interior real lived sentiment of the intimacy with the Lord: I Am with you."
Q: "Thank you"
Father Mina was the first companion of Father Matta El-Maskine, one of the first 7 hermits of the Saint Macarius Monastery. He lives here in the manner of the first monks of the desert.
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