I heard a talk from an Austrailian monk (Fr. Kosmos). He said that life is Orthodoxy, and in the Western Culture it is not as easy as in the Old Country. He mentioned there are prayers for everything...to buy a boat, to open a business, etc. He also said in the example of a mother, her love towards her family is Orthodoxy. He went as far to say...Let's say a mother prays for 30 minutes in front of the icons because it's fasting time, but does not make her husband a fasting lunch to help him out, or to change the baby's nappie (diaper) then she is not showing love, and is being selfish...thinking only of herself before God...then she needs to go take care of those things because only then she is living in Christ's love which is sacrafice. He said Orthodoxy is a very practical faith.
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