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Post by Fr. Dimitri on Mar 3, 2015 14:55:44 GMT
In the first half of the book we see the story of a saintly man and his struggles in his country as well as his personal struggles of what he ought to do with his life. He combated his fears and went on to help others. Please share your thoughts and feelings on the first section of the book: ELder Thaddeus' life.
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Post by Andrea Kjos on Mar 11, 2015 22:01:37 GMT
I've begun to re-read the book as I read it latter part of last year. Presently, I've completed up to 'The Teachings'. In reading about the Elder's early years, then on to his multiple moves, years as a Monk and working with the public - I find him to be burned out early in his career. Sadly, it seemed that no one both in his early life and mid-life of those in the brotherhood really understood his burning desire to serve the Lord. Granted, with health problems, he had no choice but to be transported to aid. However, it had to be frustrating to not be understood nor for anyone really to be interested enough to Want to understand his drive - his burning desire to serve the Lord. He can't run away and start on his own and he can't run to anyone from within to help him. On the other hand, he seems through prayer to get his way - in that he was beginning to serve the Lord helping the public but even that wasn't really his gig. Rather, he wanted to pray and self-search and reach out to other through his burning prayers that served as a gateway to help others. He could remain faceless, nameless, but still get many a miracle/job done with no one knowing how these things came to pass as the Lord blessed the unknown people he helped. He succeeded in being anonymous.
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