http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/ Words of Benefit Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:52:31 GMT Mark Sedrak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1188 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1188 Never despair of God’s mercy, no matter what sins you may have been bound through the tempting of the devil, but pray with your whole heart, and with the Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:49:32 GMT Mark Sedrak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1187 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1187 (listed in event order) + Annual College & Graduates Ski Trip When: Friday, January 8th thru Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Where: Peek'n Peak Resort & Spa on 1405 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:37:57 GMT Mark Sedrak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1186 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1186 Reading the Scriptures is a great safeguard against sin. - Abba Epiphanius of Cyprus Taken from: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:09:49 GMT The Orthodox Bookstore http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1185 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1185 Let us have nothing to do with wicked and vain talk and in all things let us with all our might cling to Him. He certainly is ready to give us His Help. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:20:20 GMT The Orthodox Bookstore http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1184 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1184 There is a breaking of the heart which is gentle and makes it deeply penitent, and there is a breaking of the heart which is violent and harmful, shattering it Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:42:33 GMT Mark Sedrak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1183 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1183 ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW DISCUSSESTHE STATE OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY IN TURKEY IN 60 Minutes SEGMENT GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA 8-10 East Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:38:48 GMT Mark Sedrak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1182 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1182 Do not consider your riches as belonging to yourselves alone; open wide your hand to those who are in need; assist those who are in poverty and pain. Cyril of Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:51:13 GMT marksedrak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1181 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1181 Hello marksedrak yahoogroup members, Greetings in our Lord. I pray that you and your families are having a blessed Advent. Recently about a dozen messages got Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:30:30 GMT Mark Sedrak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1162 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1162 We acquire the purity that is free from pain by reading the holy books. John Saba Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:08:06 GMT Mark Sedrak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1161 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1161 Having received from God a propitiation for your offenses, glorify Him who is long-suffering and forgiving, and make every effort to avoid deliberate sin. For Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:26:23 GMT Mark Sedrak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1160 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1160 The Christian should not let the sun set on an angry fit of a brother, lest night separate both from each other. Basil the Great The Fathers Speak Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:20:15 GMT Saad3@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1159 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1159 Thanks to Divine Providence, significant progress has occurred in Coptic studies at Claremont Graduate University (CGU) School of Religion during 2009. Here is Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:15:47 GMT Saad Michael Saad saad3@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1158 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1158 Thanks to Divine Providence, significant progress has occurred in Coptic studies at Claremont Graduate University (CGU) School of Religion during 2009. Here is Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:56:34 GMT Mark Sedrak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1157 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1157 You are my God, and most of all, am I, a creature, longing to be created anew? You are my God, You are my creator. You created me through Your Word, and Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:16:17 GMT The Orthodox Bookstore http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1156 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marksedrak/message/1156 The one who strives for pure prayer and wishes to lead his intellect to God without thoughts should master anger and be on guard against the thoughts arising