DeepSummary
Mother Natalia reflects on the importance of compassion and gentleness, drawing from quotes by St. Maximus the Confessor emphasizing the value of a true friend who suffers alongside their neighbor in difficult times. She shares a personal experience of her chiropractor exhibiting compassion and gentleness while treating her severe rib pain.
She highlights the power of words and the tongue, quoting Proverbs 18:21 and St. John Chrysostom's commentary on how the tongue can be used for good or harm. Natalia emphasizes the importance of speaking gently to open hearts and diminish fear, as the demons fear gentleness.
Natalia closes with a prayer asking for the grace of gentleness and compassion, to suffer with others and alleviate their fear, emulating God's tenderness and imitating Christ's gentleness, through the intercession of various saints.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Compassion involves suffering alongside others in their trials and difficulties.
- True friendship entails sharing in each other's misfortunes and trials until the end.
- Words have immense power and can bring either life or death, justification or condemnation.
- Speaking gently and with compassion opens hearts and diminishes fear, whereas harshness closes hearts.
- The virtue of gentleness is greatly feared by demons because it alleviates fear and diminishes their power.
- Emulating God's tenderness and Christ's gentleness requires conscious effort and prayer.
- The teachings and examples of saints can guide us in cultivating compassion and gentleness.
- Personal experiences can deepen our understanding and appreciation of virtues like compassion and gentleness.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “A true friend is one who, in times of trial, calmly suffers with his neighbor, the ensuing afflictions, privations, and disasters as if they were his own.“ by St. Maximus the Confessor
- “A faithful friend is beyond price, since he regards his friend's misfortunes as his own and suffers with him sharing his trials until death.“ by St. Maximus the Confessor
- “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.“ by Proverbs 18:21
- “Christ makes the same point when he says, by your own words, you will be condemned. And by your words, you will be justified.“ by St. John Chrysostom
- “There is scarcely any other virtue which the demons fear as much as gentleness.“ by Evagrius the Solitary
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Pints With Aquinas
Matt Fradd
4/22/24
Mother Natalia brings us into some recent events in her life that have deepened her meditations on Compassion, Gentleness and Healing. She then shares these lessons with us.
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