We Are Not Alone We are all in this struggle together, united in Christ

As we struggle in this life, it is good to remember that we are not alone, but  together with countless others in this life. We find our place of silence, where we encounter God, but even in this place set apart, we are together with others. In our journey to God, our common goal is the acquisition of a humble and contrite heart, and our common homeland is found in the Divine Liturgy, wherein we enter Paradise, and participate in the Heavenly Banquet, together. 

In our moments of loneliness and despondency, we are not alone. We are together with other Orthodox Christians in our celebration of life, and even in our encounter with death. Even when we seem so alone, we are together with others, for in Christ we are one. The Lord loves all of us together, for we are all His children. Our struggles are our common struggles, and we are all, together, surrounded by His loving kindness.

Even death can not separate us from our loving God, and from one another, for even in death we are united together with other Christians. And at the moment we receive the Holy Mysteries, the unity we have is that very unity that God has designed for us that will last for all eternity, for the Divine Liturgy is when time and space cease to exist as we know it, and all of creation is united in worship before the Throne of Our Creator.

With love in Christ, 
Abbot Tryphon