On Laughter

Tonight I visited a fellow sufferer...is there such a word...? One who has cancer..it was a lousy night, but I made the visit and when I walked into the house all was dark and sad. My funny machine went into full gear and I said to myself...no way! And funny stories and dreams came falling out of my lips and the house roared with laughter.........Besides prayer, nothing is so healing as
laughter ...it is a balm for the soul.....especially when it comes from down deep...and the story is true! To laugh at oneself and pass this on to others is a binding power...it connects soul to soul.....

Thoughts on being sad....

Throughout the past few weeks and even more, there have been so many good people, even saintly folks, who are struggling with cancer. Today, it really got to me, and mid-day, I came home for an hour or so...stuck myself under the covers and slept from sheer exhaustion of speaking and feeling with those who are suffering. Their pain is deeply felt by yours truly, especially, since I journeyed along this path, and know the sense of dread, that one feels when confronted with the possibility of mortality. And there are so many new families who are undergoing the trauma of cancer. A wounded healer reaches out to each and everyone of them with a prayer of hope for their victory over this dreaded disease. We will have a special prayer of anointing on January 31st mid day..... just to let everyone know of our love and concern.....It just makes me sad to see my friends in so much pain.....

Keeping the Connection going...

Economos Antony talks about how he keeps the connection with people in the hospital....

The loss of a great man.

We have lost a great spiritual leader in the falling asleep in the Lord, ALEXSY, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

He brought the Church out of the dark ages of tragic oppressive communism into the light of freedom in the new Russia...reopening and dedicating new churches everywhere so the faithful could breath the fresh air of the fragrance of Orthodoxy......

Also our dear friend Bishop Niphon lost a father and a champion....the great significance of his death, essentially during his tenure in office was the resurgence of Orthodoxy which is the largest community of believers in the world. He helped to overcome seventy years when the church was suppressed but Christianity was essentially in their souls and was underground...but look what happened, Christianity rebounded when a great leader took the helm and led them to green pastures......SEE what One Person can do......he is an example of heroic efforts....

Being a Cancer Patient...

Economos Antony tells one of his many hospital stories from being a cancer patient. Check it out below: