tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46051398543655065512011-04-21T15:38:41.278-07:00Fr. John N D'Altonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05623594197781410448noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605139854365506551.post-61239502661753931032007-09-13T01:25:00.001-07:002007-09-13T01:25:48.947-07:00So, morning or evening, immediately before you begin to repeat your prayers, stand awhile, sit for awhile, or walk a little and try to steady your mind and turn it away from all worldly activities and objects. After this, think who He is to whom you turn in prayer, then recollect who you are; who it is who is about to start this invocation to Him in prayer. Do this in such a way as to waken in your heart a feeling of humility and reverent awe that you are standing in the presence of God.<br /><br />St. Theophan the Recluse<br />(1815-1894)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4605139854365506551-6123950266175393103?l=orthodoxmissionaust.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fr. John N D'Altonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05623594197781410448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605139854365506551.post-52672328375894910652007-09-13T01:14:00.001-07:002007-09-13T01:14:28.060-07:00<div>Steve Hayes writes:</div> <div> </div> <div>The story I heard from Madagascar was quite amazing. Father Nectarios had been there for 18 months, and had started 15 new parishes in that time. He travelled down the coast taking the student with him, and when he saw a village with no church, would speak to the chief of the village and ask if he could come on a date to be arranged to explain the Orthodox Christian faith to anyone interested. Then a few weeks later he would return and speak to the people there, and then gather the interested people to catechise them and baptise them, and so 15 new parishes had been started within 18 months.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4605139854365506551-5267232837589491065?l=orthodoxmissionaust.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fr. John N D'Altonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05623594197781410448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605139854365506551.post-30623359733629713202007-07-13T18:39:00.000-07:002007-07-13T18:40:27.805-07:00Wow, tis is fantastic deep from-the-heart stuff: <a href="http://mere-flesh.blogspot.com/">mere-flesh.blogspot.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4605139854365506551-3062335973362971320?l=orthodoxmissionaust.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fr. John N D'Altonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05623594197781410448noreply@blogger.com1