Tag: The Pilgrim Continues His Way
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The Missing Piece of the Puzzle
Forrest Gump said life is like a box of chocolates. I have discovered that life is more like a crossword puzzle. It gives us clues, and we spend our lives discovering the answers. Sometimes it is like a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle: the pieces look so much alike, but somewhere they fit together to form the…
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Before the Teacher Speaks: Prevenient Grace
The Pilgrim Continues His WayThe Sixth Meeting — The Skhimnik InstructsScriptures: Matthew 13:1–23; Matthew 7:21; John 16:7–15; Romans 10:14–15; Ecclesiastes 3:1–8Source: The Pilgrim Continues His Way, translated by Olga Savin, Shambhala, 2001 Sometimes a teacher begins teaching before saying a word. That is what I see happening as we enter this part of the Sixth…
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When Being Right Gets in the Way
After leaving the young man he met in the woods, the Pilgrim continued toward Kyiv. His desire was to make his confession and receive the Communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ. He stayed near the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and eventually sought the counsel of an ascetic spiritual father. After their conversations, the father gave…
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When Our Roads Cross
I continued reading The Pilgrim Continues His Way today. After saying goodbye to the military officer, the Merchant, and his hosts, the Pilgrim continued toward Kyiv. He walked for five days. Then something happened that I understand. He became tired. Not merely physically tired. He became weak and gloomy and found it difficult to pray.…
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Did God Do That—or Did It Just Happen?
This evening I was reading a few more pages from The Pilgrim Continues His Way. I came to the chapter called “The Pilgrim’s Account of the Fifth Meeting,” and something in the story caused me to stop. The Pilgrim travels to Bila Tserkva, where he meets another traveler, a merchant. Together they stay in the…
