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To: Agrarian; HarleyD; Forest Keeper; annalex; kosta50

"It is a very moving, even crushing experience."

"Crushing" is exactly the right word!


3,080 posted on 02/28/2006 10:08:59 AM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Kolokotronis; Agrarian; HarleyD; Forest Keeper; annalex
On the subject of Orthodox identifying with Judas, as we daily betray Christ. Agrarian It is a very moving, even crushing expe

Kolokotronis "Crushing" is exactly the right word!

And I though I was the only one feeling that in each Divine Liturgy. What is even more devastating is that no matter how much one feels repulsed by his or her own actions and choices whereby we betray Christ daily, we find it difficult not to repeat it. The feeling of weakness of one's faith becomes that much more obvious and "crushing."

3,087 posted on 02/28/2006 2:04:17 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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