http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2010/11/19/o-good-physician%e2%80%a6-a-prayer-inspired-by-st-ephrem-the-syrian-monasticism-applied-to-everyone-the-modern-illness-in-orthodoxy/ McKinney TX Homilies, scripture commentary, spiritual reflections Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:35:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2010/11/19/o-good-physician%e2%80%a6-a-prayer-inspired-by-st-ephrem-the-syrian-monasticism-applied-to-everyone-the-modern-illness-in-orthodoxy/comment-page-1/#comment-5912 helen Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:04:47 +0000 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/?p=2716#comment-5912 Thank you for the prayer by St. Ephrem the Syrian.  It is so relevant to us all.  We're running around trying to get everything accomplished and hardly stop to say thanks to the Lord, let alone wait for Him to advise us and guide us. Thank you for the prayer by St. Ephrem the Syrian.  It is so relevant to us all.  We're running around trying to get everything accomplished and hardly stop to say thanks to the Lord, let alone wait for Him to advise us and guide us.

]]> http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2010/11/19/o-good-physician%e2%80%a6-a-prayer-inspired-by-st-ephrem-the-syrian-monasticism-applied-to-everyone-the-modern-illness-in-orthodoxy/comment-page-1/#comment-5907 Deborah Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:02:52 +0000 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/?p=2716#comment-5907 <em>"He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep, for that which he cannot lose." </em> is a quote from a man who was martyred for his faith a short time after having penned this in his journal. The monastic call is simply a call to lay down, 'in due season', <em>all that which I will eventually lose, anyway.</em> The world is passing away and will soon be lost.  If I do not come out of it, I will be lost with it.  One way or the other, the illness caused by my love of the things of this world will end. Either I will follow my Physician's remedy for healing and be cured---or I will die. "He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep, for that which he cannot lose."  is a quote from a man who was martyred for his faith a short time after having penned this in his journal. The monastic call is simply a call to lay down, 'in due season', all that which I will eventually lose, anyway. The world is passing away and will soon be lost.  If I do not come out of it, I will be lost with it.  One way or the other, the illness caused by my love of the things of this world will end. Either I will follow my Physician's remedy for healing and be cured—or I will die.

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