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Old 03-21-2008, 08:36 PM   #6
nicegirlflor

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So, don't take this rejection personally

Fr David Moser
I agree with Father David. Also dear Nick, remember that the nephew that you held when he was little prays and will pray for your souls now and always. There are several stories in Orthodoxy about monastics and the biological family. For instance the monk who met an angel of God and asked him where he was going, and the angel said that 'since you are going to your family I am leaving them. I am the angel God ordered to take care of them, but now you will go there so there is no need for me." - please excuse the paraphrasing. The story of St. Symeon Stylitis is also something similar. He refused to come down from the pillar to embrace his mother. But after the mother passed away she revealed that she had entered Heaven because of God's mercy, through the prayers and intercessions of her son (St. Symeon) and through her good works. By the way she is also a saint and wanted also to see and embrace her son before departing to the Lord. And he refused to,

Try to pray dear Nick. Also for your sister and nephew. God will provide.
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