We want the ancient mind of the Church delivered the next day, but Metropolitan Saba is here to remind us that the medicine may take more like two decades
I used to say ten years, then heard some people saying 20 and I called B.S. But now at 27 years, I think 20 was about the point I STARTED not filtering stuff through my former delusions and Bible college frameworks and theological assumptions.
I haven't had time to watch the video, but thank you for linking. I just wanted to comment that you are right that unity needs to start with the parish and thankfully the parishes in my city are well-linked. When the Bulgarian priest went on a pilgrimage, the parishioners attended the Greek church. When the Greek church was waiting for a new priest, the recently-retired OCA priest was the interim priest and continued to concelebrate and mentor the new priest for awhile. The Greek parish is the biggest, so often people from the other parishes will attend their classes and studies. It's great to see!
Ugh...If it takes 20 years for a Monk to come into the fullness of our faith...just doing some cocktail napkin math here...I am a 61 year old catechumen and have a history of NOT being able to learn from the mistakes of others....so I may start to straighten up somewhere around my early 100's!!?? Love your content Jamey, thank you!
Luke, fortunately with this kind of back of napkin math, the only place where it ultimately matters is in eternity. I haven’t hit my 20 years yet myself—but the rhetorical point is valuable. Helps cultivate humility and slow the ego. I am glad to have you as a conversation partner, sir!
Well written! I've had much discussion about the 20 year for. I'm fond of telling the catecurious that in Kenpo you're not allowed to even test for your black belt until you've been training for 50 years.
I am sorry to hear about your penis, but I am afraid it is irrelevant here. What is more, if your comment is about circumcision, it would be pretty odd, if true, considering Biblical law clearly required in no uncertain terms that all male children of the covenant were to be circumcised. While that was abrogated in Christ with the sacrament of baptism, the only animosity the New Testament has towards circumcision is theological and situational. Notably, nowhere in Scripture is circumcision validated or commanded on aesthetic grounds, and it is certainly not forbidden, but commanded, by the OT Law.
I used to say ten years, then heard some people saying 20 and I called B.S. But now at 27 years, I think 20 was about the point I STARTED not filtering stuff through my former delusions and Bible college frameworks and theological assumptions.
I haven't had time to watch the video, but thank you for linking. I just wanted to comment that you are right that unity needs to start with the parish and thankfully the parishes in my city are well-linked. When the Bulgarian priest went on a pilgrimage, the parishioners attended the Greek church. When the Greek church was waiting for a new priest, the recently-retired OCA priest was the interim priest and continued to concelebrate and mentor the new priest for awhile. The Greek parish is the biggest, so often people from the other parishes will attend their classes and studies. It's great to see!
Ugh...If it takes 20 years for a Monk to come into the fullness of our faith...just doing some cocktail napkin math here...I am a 61 year old catechumen and have a history of NOT being able to learn from the mistakes of others....so I may start to straighten up somewhere around my early 100's!!?? Love your content Jamey, thank you!
Luke, fortunately with this kind of back of napkin math, the only place where it ultimately matters is in eternity. I haven’t hit my 20 years yet myself—but the rhetorical point is valuable. Helps cultivate humility and slow the ego. I am glad to have you as a conversation partner, sir!
Well written! I've had much discussion about the 20 year for. I'm fond of telling the catecurious that in Kenpo you're not allowed to even test for your black belt until you've been training for 50 years.
I am sorry to hear about your penis, but I am afraid it is irrelevant here. What is more, if your comment is about circumcision, it would be pretty odd, if true, considering Biblical law clearly required in no uncertain terms that all male children of the covenant were to be circumcised. While that was abrogated in Christ with the sacrament of baptism, the only animosity the New Testament has towards circumcision is theological and situational. Notably, nowhere in Scripture is circumcision validated or commanded on aesthetic grounds, and it is certainly not forbidden, but commanded, by the OT Law.
Love it, Jamey!