OrthodoxFathers.org » Thankgiving http://orthodoxfathers.org Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:44:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Being Thankful http://orthodoxfathers.org/being-thankful-2.htm http://orthodoxfathers.org/being-thankful-2.htm#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:48:17 +0000 Administrator http://orthodoxfathers.org/being-thankful-2.htm One of the fathers related this: “Once when I was at Oxyrhyncus, some poor people came on Saturday evening to receive charity. We were lying down, and there was one of them who only had a single mat, half underneath and half on top of him. Now it was cold, and when I went out for my natural needs, I heard his teeth chattering because of the severe cold, and he was encouraging himself, saying, “I thank you, Lord: how many rich people are in prison wearing irons at present; how many more have their feet fastened to wood, not being able so much as to satisfy their bodily needs–whereas I am like a king with my legs stretched out.” When I heard this, I recounted it to the brethern and they were edified.”

Originally posted 2009-11-03 21:27:50.

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