Tomorrow the Church will speak to us about the calling of the Apostles by Christ....

Tomorrow the Church will speak to us about the calling of the Apostles by Christ....

But at the same time it celebrates the gathering of all the Fathers of Mount Athos.

You know, every father, in order to make such a crucial decision, to literally renounce the world, and to dedicate himself body and soul to God, to plant himself in the garden of the Virgin Mary, had, like the apostles, a meeting, a calling from God.

 They did not lose their minds 

and some even left careers, 

with studies and others with fortunes 

to put on a tattered robe 

and never again be satisfied 

neither sleep nor food....  

But they lost their hearts.....

they were captivated by the sweetest Jesus Christ. 

Do we really hear the call of God? 

or do we let the voices of our passions 

cover it? 

How easily procrastination 

(this ‘’come on, child, now…we have time…’’) 

makes God’s call…. ‘’unanswered’’..... 

And well, they left everything 

and followed Him, what about us? 

We….the old man we carry 

(the rascal that even a grandfather used to call)! 

Father John Papadimitriou.