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To the Serbian people he gave a Christian soul which did not perish with the collapse of the Serbian State. Homily about the visions of the invisible world "We look not to what is seen but to what is unseen" 2 Corinthians 4: We see earthly joy, often interrupted by tears and sighs and, in the end, always concluded in death; but we look to spiritual joy among the angels and saints of God in the heavens, to joy uninterrupted and eternal.

We see sufferings and failures of the righteous in this life; but we look at their glory and celebration in that world. We see many successes, glory and honor of the unrighteous in this life, but we see their defeat, condemnation and indescribable torment in eternity. We see the Church of God often humiliated and persecuted in this world, but we look to the final victory of the Church over all of her enemies and adversaries both visible and invisible. Brethren, we often see tyrants and abductors as rulers and wealthy men in this age, and we see saints as poor, dejected and forgotten, but we look at the other kingdom, the Kingdom of God, eternal, sinless and immortal in which the saints will reign without one, no, not one tyrant or abductor.

O Lord, most patient and most merciful, open our spiritual vision that we may see that which awaits us after this short-lived life and that we endeavor to fulfill Your law. Blessed be John the Baptist, for he fulfilled the Gospel before the arrival of the Gospel!

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Going into the wilderness, he gave himself up completely to the will of God, both body and soul. The will of God was carried out in his body on earth as well as in the heaven of his soul. Neither hunger nor wild beasts did harm his body throughout the many years that he spent in the wilderness. Neither was his soul harmed by despair because of loneliness, nor pride because of heavenly visions. He did not seek from man either bread or knowledge. God granted him everything that was necessary for him because he gave himself up completely to the will of God.

Neither did he direct his footsteps in the wilderness nor away from the wilderness. An invisible rudder from on high steered his life. For when it was necessary for him to depart the wilderness and go out to meet the Lord, it is said: As an innocent youth, in this manner John spoke simply about his communication with the powers of heaven: How tenderly and simply he speaks about heavenly things! How he is as awesome as a lion when he speaks out against the injustice of men, against Herod and Herodias!

The lamb and the lion dwell in him together. Heaven is as close to him as a mother is to her child. The will of God is as accessible and clear to him as the angels in heaven. O Lord, Most-wise, direct the lives of us sinners in the wilderness of this life according to Your will as You directed the life of St. He took a brick into his hands, and squeezed it. Immediately, flame shot up from it, water poured down from it, and clay remained in the hands of the miracle worker.

So it is with the Most Holy Trinity: Three Faces, but One Divinity. In icons of Saint Nicholas, the Lord Savior is usually depicted on one side with a Gospel in His hands, and the Most-Holy Theotokos - on the other side with an episcopal omophorion in her hands. This has a twofold historical significance: Methodius, Patriarch of Constantinople, writes: Nicholas saw our Savior in glory, standing by him and extending to him the Gospel, adorned with gold and pearls.

On his other side, he saw the Most-Holy Theotokos placing the episcopal omophorion on his shoulders''. Shortly after this vision, John the Archbishop of Myra died and Saint Nicholas was appointed archbishop of that city. That was the first event. The second event occurred at the time of the First Council in Nicaea. The Holy Fathers at the Council, protesting such an action, banned Nicholas from the Council and deprived him of all emblems of the episcopal rank. However, that same night, several of the Holy Fathers saw an identical vision: Seeing this, the fathers were awestruck and quickly returned to Nicholas all that had been removed.

They began to respect him as a great chosen one of God, and they interpreted his actions against Arius not as an act of unreasonable anger, but rather an expression of great zeal for God's truth.

From time immemorial, the Church has celebrated the Most-Holy Theotokos as the patroness and protectress of the Christian people, Who, by Her intercessory prayers, implores God's mercy for us sinners. The help of the Most-holy Mother of God has been clearly shown numerous times, to individuals and to nations, in peace and in war, in monastic deserts and in densely populated cities. The event that the Church commemorates and celebrates today confirms the Theotokos' consistent protection of Christian people. The church was full of people. Andrew the Fool-for-Christ was standing in the rear of the church with his disciple Epiphanius.

At four o'clock in the morning, the Most-holy Theotokos appeared above the people, holding her omophorion outstretched as a protective covering for the faithful. She was clothed in gold-encrusted purple, and shone with an ineffable radiance, surrounded by apostles, saints, martyrs and virgins. Andrew said to Blessed Epiphanius: Reflection The Most-holy Theotokos has often appeared to holy men in need: Two similar, wonderful events took place in the Great Lavra on the Holy Mountain. John Koukouzelis was tired and sat down, facing the icon of the Theotokos.

As he sat, he fell asleep. And just then, the Holy Most-pure One appeared to him in heavenly light and said: Chant and do not stop chanting, and for this I will not abandon you''. With this, she placed a gold coin in his hand. When he awoke from sleep, the gold coin was still in his hand. After this, many wonderful miracles were worked from the icon of the Theotokos, as well as from the gold coin.

The second incident involved St.

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Gregory the monk, who, like John Koukouzelis, was a church cantor. Patriarch Kallistos had established that in the Liturgy of St. Immediately after this, the Holy Most-pure One appeared to him, and, as she had done to John Koukouzelis, placed a gold coin in his hand. Herod Antipas, son of the elder Herod, who was the slayer of the children of Bethlehem at the time of the birth of the Lord Jesus, was ruler of Galilee at the time when John the Baptist was preaching.

This Herod was married to the daughter of Aretas, an Arabian prince. But Herod, an evil sprout of an evil root, put away his lawful wife and unlawfully took unto himself Herodias as his concubine, the wife of his brother Philip, who was still living. John the Baptist stood up against this lawlessness and strongly denounced Herod who then cast John into prison.

At the time of a banquet in his court in Sebastia in Galilee Salome, the daughter of Herodias and Philip, danced before the guests. The drunken Herod was so taken by this dance that he promised Salome that he would give her whatever she asked of him, even though it be half of his kingdom. Being persuaded by her mother, Salome asked for the head of John the Baptist.

Herod gave the order and John was beheaded in prison and his head brought to him on a platter. John's disciples took the body of their teacher by night and honorably buried it and Herodias pierced the tongue of John with a needle in many places and buried the head in an unclean place.

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What later happened to John the Baptist's head can be read on February However, God's punishment quickly befell this group of evil doers. Prince Aretas, in order to cleanse his daughter's honor, attacked Herod with his army and defeated him. As exiles, Herod and Herodias lived in poverty and humiliation until the earth opened up and swallowed them. Salome died an evil death on the Sikaris Sula river. The death of St. John occurred before the Pascha [Passover] but its celebration on August 29 was established because, on that day, a church which had been built over his grave in Sebastia by Emperor Constantine and Empress Helena was consecrated.

In this church the relics of John's disciples, Eliseus and Audius, were also placed. Reflection If you observe how men die, you would see that the death of a man usually resembles his sin. As it is written: Every sin is a knife and men usually are slain by that sin which they most readily committed.

An example of this is given to us by Salome, the foul daughter of Herodias who asked for and received from Herod the head of John the Baptist on a platter. Living in Spain in the town of Lerida [Loredo] with the exiled Herod and Herodias, Salome set out one day across the frozen river Sikaris. The ice broke and she fell into the water up to her neck.

Icebergs squeezed around her neck and she wiggled, dancing with her feet in the water as she once danced at the court of Herod. However, she was unable either to raise herself up or to drown until a sharp piece of ice severed her head. The water carried her body away and her head was brought to Herodias on a platter as was the head of John the Baptist at one time.

Behold how terrible a death resembles the sin committed. Consider, that for already 2, years, the One who allowed the lawless king to behead him, has been working countless miracles in the earthly realm, living in it alongside the Lord Jesus Christ. Franklin's health hasn't always cooperated, either. Twenty-two years ago, he suffered a cerebral aneurysm, which put him in a coma for two days and left him with a mild stutter. He had to sit out the season while recovering, though he made a habit of offering instructions from the stands.

Most challenging is Franklin's task, year in and year out, of getting kids to buy into his system, and to work hard at a sport for which fewer and fewer of their peers have any enthusiasm. No relationship in Franklin's effort to assemble winning ball clubs has proven more fruitful than the one he formed with fellow Louisiana native Joseph Haley, founder of the nearby Jackie Robinson West Little League. Forty-two years ago, Haley, a CPS educator who passed away in , moved his young family from the west side to Morgan Park, on the far-south side. While they watched baseball on television together one day, his young son Bill mentioned that he'd like to play.

Roseland Little League, to the east, was an option, but Mt. Vernon Park, at th and Morgan, was just a block from their home. Haley had the summers and weekends off, and, as Bill says now, "was already connecting to the kids in the neighborhood because of his profession. Through the dedication of the Haleys, who in their free time have crisscrossed the working- and middle-class neighborhoods around the park to find trustworthy adult volunteers, Jackie Robinson West has become the most reliable incubator of baseball talent south of Madison Street.

Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett is an alum , as are plenty of Simeon's past stars. They start young, with a T-ball program for four- and five-year-olds, and train seriously as adolescents. Almost kids, on 24 teams, are signed up to play this spring. Simeon's spring roster is chock-full of ballplayers who started at Jackie Robinson West. Simeon athletes have also taken advantage of Amateur City Elite ACE , an innovative program funded by the White Sox that gives skilled high schoolers the chance to play on the competitive and expensive summer travel baseball circuit against the top players in the region, free of charge.

In its sixth year, and run by people with deep roots in Chicago baseball—like '93 Simeon grad Coe and Harlan head coach Fullman—ACE helps showcase potential draftees and college prospects whom, given CPL's dipping reputation nationally, scouts might otherwise overlook. According to Prep Baseball Report president Duncan, Simeon has as much positional talent as any team in the state. The Wolverines are particularly strong up the middle. Center fielder Ray, who will attend defending Big East champs Louisville this fall, anchors the outfield.

Skinny up top but with legs like tree trunks, the 5'10" senior makes great reads on fly balls and hits line drives as consistently as any slugger in Illinois. Nicknamed "Little Ro," the switch-hitter—who stands at just 5'5"—uses his height to his advantage, working deep counts and, with a green light from Franklin, stealing bases at will. He'll play for Southeastern Conference power Vanderbilt next season.

Day serves as the team's cleanup hitter and is a capable right fielder, but it's his left arm that Franklin values most; the ace of the pitching staff can run a fastball up into the upper 80s and shows solid command on both his curveball and changeup. In Simeon's most impressive win of the season, a extra-inning victory on the road against highly ranked St. Laurence High School, Day was devastating on the mound, giving up just two hits in seven innings of work. Behind Day, pitching depth is an issue. The team lost two formidable hurlers to graduation last year, and now features several who can look great one day and erratic the next.

Robertson's start against Young is an instructive example. Against Marist High School, in a cold nonconference game in late March, Dunnigan entered a one-run game in the sixth inning and let in four, walking or hitting seven consecutive batters in the process. Simeon would eventually drop the contest Young and Clemente, another traditionally strong program, could challenge. A deep run in the Class 4A state tournament, which kicks off on May 20, isn't out of the question, either.

When the possibility is brought up in mid-April, it gives Franklin goose bumps. Franklin has mellowed over the years, says Fletcher, the longtime assistant and former Simeon player. In a January interview, Franklin told local prep reporter Taylor Bell that he will stop coaching after the season. He retired from teaching PE, after 34 years, in It's a pronouncement he's made periodically since the early s. His second wife, Henrietta, a retired schoolteacher whom he married in , gets on him about spending too much time at the ballpark.

Until he raises a state championship trophy in the air, though, that desire to compete is sure to nag at him. His love for south-side baseball, warts and all, runs deep. Before the game against Young, the two umpires wander over to Franklin and ask about checks they are owed.

The manager fights his way through the Wolverines' cramped dugout, finds an envelope in his bag, and hands it over stiffly. The home plate umpire rolls his eyes and smiles. Franklin sits back down on his bucket of balls, fixes his eyes on the field, and readies himself for another game.

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Subscribe to this thread:. When H e ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men Eph. This is indeed a capturing or taking of spoils after victory. The beginning of the distribution of these spoils to people is the descent of the Holy Spirit, Who, having descended, always abides in the Church and gives everyone that which he needs, receiving all from that captive captivity cf. Come everyone and take. But prepare for yourself guardian of that treasure, which is a pure heart; have hands to take it, which is unreflecting faith.

Then step forth searching hopefully, and praying relentlessly. Equal to the apostles and teachers of the Slavs, divinely-wise Cyril and Methodius, pray to the Vladika of all to strengthen all Slavonic nations in Orthodoxy and unity of mind, to convert and reconcile the world to God and to save our souls. Let us honor our two holy enlighteners, who by translating the Holy Scripture have poured forth for us a wellspring of divine knowledge from which we still draw unceasingly today; we call you blessed, o, Cyril and Methodius as you stand before the throne of the Most-high and pray for our souls.

May the great day of the Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem remind us of His tears and sacred wrath, that we might never forget His bitter tears and words, directed not only to Jerusalem, but also to each one of us! Let us place it as a goal of our life to follow Christ, for He Himself said, If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be Jn.

Let us follow Christ, through the straight gate and narrow way—and we shall find rest in the place where shines the eternal glory of the Holy Trinity. Speaking about the spread and celebration of Christmas, St.

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In the beginning this day was discussed among Christians but the solemn celebration began from the period of the great Emperor Justinian. During the reign of this emperor, a great pestilence afflicted the people in Constantinople and vicinity so that about five-thousand or more people died daily. At the same time a terrible earthquake occurred in Antioch. Seeing the weakness of man's ability to prevent these misfortunes the emperor, in consultation with the patriarch, ordered a period of fast and prayer throughout the entire empire.

And, on the day of the Meeting [The Presentation] itself, arranged great processions throughout the towns and villages that the Lord might show compassion on His people. And truly, the Lord did show compassion; for the epidemic and earthquake ceased at once. This occurred in the year A. Following this and from that time one, the Feast of the Presentation [Meeting] began to be celebrated as a major feast of the Lord.

The tree, in time, grew and began to bring forth-abundant fruit. Sava was born in A.

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As a young man, Sava yearned for the spiritual life for which he fled to the Holy Mountain [Mt. Athos] where he was tonsured a monk and with rare zeal lived according to the ascetical rule. Stefan Nemanja followed the example of his son and came to the Holy Mountain where he was tonsured a monk and died as Simeon, the monk. Sava obtained the independence of the Serbian Church from the [Byzantine] emperor and patriarch and became the first Archbishop of the Serbs.

Together with his father, he built the Monastery Hilendar and, after that, many other monasteries, churches and schools throughout the Serbian lands. On two occasions, he made a pilgrimage to the sacred places in the Holy Land. He restored peace between his two brothers who were estranged because of a struggle for power.

He restored peace between the Serbs and their neighbors. In establishing the Serbian Church, he was, through that, establishing the Serbian State and culture. He instilled peace between all the Balkan peoples and worked for the benefit of all for which he was loved and respected by all the Balkan peoples. To the Serbian people he gave a Christian soul which did not perish with the collapse of the Serbian State. Homily about the visions of the invisible world "We look not to what is seen but to what is unseen" 2 Corinthians 4: We see earthly joy, often interrupted by tears and sighs and, in the end, always concluded in death; but we look to spiritual joy among the angels and saints of God in the heavens, to joy uninterrupted and eternal.

Brethren, we often see tyrants and abductors as rulers and wealthy men in this age, and we see saints as poor, dejected and forgotten, but we look at the other kingdom, the Kingdom of God, eternal, sinless and immortal in which the saints will reign without one, no, not one tyrant or abductor. O Lord, most patient and most merciful, open our spiritual vision that we may see that which awaits us after this short-lived life and that we endeavor to fulfill Your law.

Blessed be John the Baptist, for he fulfilled the Gospel before the arrival of the Gospel! Going into the wilderness, he gave himself up completely to the will of God, both body and soul. The will of God was carried out in his body on earth as well as in the heaven of his soul. Neither hunger nor wild beasts did harm his body throughout the many years that he spent in the wilderness.

Neither was his soul harmed by despair because of loneliness, nor pride because of heavenly visions. He did not seek from man either bread or knowledge. God granted him everything that was necessary for him because he gave himself up completely to the will of God. Neither did he direct his footsteps in the wilderness nor away from the wilderness. An invisible rudder from on high steered his life. For when it was necessary for him to depart the wilderness and go out to meet the Lord, it is said: As an innocent youth, in this manner John spoke simply about his communication with the powers of heaven: How tenderly and simply he speaks about heavenly things!

How he is as awesome as a lion when he speaks out against the injustice of men, against Herod and Herodias! The lamb and the lion dwell in him together. Heaven is as close to him as a mother is to her child. The will of God is as accessible and clear to him as the angels in heaven. O Lord, Most-wise, direct the lives of us sinners in the wilderness of this life according to Your will as You directed the life of St. He took a brick into his hands, and squeezed it. Immediately, flame shot up from it, water poured down from it, and clay remained in the hands of the miracle worker.

On his other side, he saw the Most-Holy Theotokos placing the episcopal omophorion on his shoulders''.

Shortly after this vision, John the Archbishop of Myra died and Saint Nicholas was appointed archbishop of that city. That was the first event. The second event occurred at the time of the First Council in Nicaea. The Holy Fathers at the Council, protesting such an action, banned Nicholas from the Council and deprived him of all emblems of the episcopal rank.

However, that same night, several of the Holy Fathers saw an identical vision: Seeing this, the fathers were awestruck and quickly returned to Nicholas all that had been removed. They began to respect him as a great chosen one of God, and they interpreted his actions against Arius not as an act of unreasonable anger, but rather an expression of great zeal for God's truth. From time immemorial, the Church has celebrated the Most-Holy Theotokos as the patroness and protectress of the Christian people, Who, by Her intercessory prayers, implores God's mercy for us sinners.

The help of the Most-holy Mother of God has been clearly shown numerous times, to individuals and to nations, in peace and in war, in monastic deserts and in densely populated cities. The event that the Church commemorates and celebrates today confirms the Theotokos' consistent protection of Christian people. The church was full of people. Andrew the Fool-for-Christ was standing in the rear of the church with his disciple Epiphanius.

And just then, the Holy Most-pure One appeared to him in heavenly light and said: Chant and do not stop chanting, and for this I will not abandon you''. With this, she placed a gold coin in his hand. When he awoke from sleep, the gold coin was still in his hand.

After this, many wonderful miracles were worked from the icon of the Theotokos, as well as from the gold coin.