http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2011/02/08/on-the-lord%e2%80%99s-parable-of-the-publican-and-the-pharisee-humility-and-conceit-st-gregory-palamas/ McKinney TX Homilies, scripture commentary, spiritual reflections Tue, 21 May 2013 19:41:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2011/02/08/on-the-lord%e2%80%99s-parable-of-the-publican-and-the-pharisee-humility-and-conceit-st-gregory-palamas/comment-page-1/#comment-9787 seraphimholland Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:31:21 +0000 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/?p=2945#comment-9787 We are all on a continuum of self-knowledge. As long as we know we do not know things, God will help us. We are all on a continuum of self-knowledge. As long as we know we do not know things, God will help us.

]]> http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2011/02/08/on-the-lord%e2%80%99s-parable-of-the-publican-and-the-pharisee-humility-and-conceit-st-gregory-palamas/comment-page-1/#comment-9754 helen Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:30:39 +0000 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/?p=2945#comment-9754 Well said, Deborah.  You explained it very well for all of us.  May God bless you always! Well said, Deborah.  You explained it very well for all of us.  May God bless you always!

]]> http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2011/02/08/on-the-lord%e2%80%99s-parable-of-the-publican-and-the-pharisee-humility-and-conceit-st-gregory-palamas/comment-page-1/#comment-9711 Deborah Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:05:52 +0000 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/?p=2945#comment-9711 I thank God that I am not like this Pharisee.<em> </em> I don't look down on my fellow sinners because I recognize that I am <em>the chief of sinners</em>, I confess my sinfulness, I know that I am utterly wretched and not worthy to look upon....uh, wait a minute..<span style="font-style: italic">...N</span><em>ever mind</em>......:-)   The holy fathers have said that pride is the last sin we conquer.  Even when all other sins are gone, pride will still be there, lurking in the shadows, applauding the accomplishment of virtue....   Until my vision is <em>totally</em> filled with the beauty of God and of His Truth (which includes the ugly truth about myself), until I know <em>with every fiber of my being </em>that I have nothing to offer God but emptiness and my need for His mercy, until Self is forever dissolved in His Love, the spectator, Ego, will be watching me and applauding, watching others, jealously sizing up the competition....   I thank God that I am not like this Pharisee.  I don't look down on my fellow sinners because I recognize that I am the chief of sinners, I confess my sinfulness, I know that I am utterly wretched and not worthy to look upon….uh, wait a minute..…Never mind……:-)
 
The holy fathers have said that pride is the last sin we conquer.  Even when all other sins are gone, pride will still be there, lurking in the shadows, applauding the accomplishment of virtue….
 
Until my vision is totally filled with the beauty of God and of His Truth (which includes the ugly truth about myself), until I know with every fiber of my being that I have nothing to offer God but emptiness and my need for His mercy, until Self is forever dissolved in His Love, the spectator, Ego, will be watching me and applauding, watching others, jealously sizing up the competition….
 

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