Illness/work

[Chrissi]

My twin sister Genevieve, who has not lived with us since February, caught Glandular Fever a few months ago, and has since almost recovered from it. The illness, however, has caused her to take many days off work. Today she wasn't feeling well again, took the day off, and was fired. Please pray that she can fully recover, and is able to find a new job, or is able to take this matter further, because (as we all know) it is not right to fire anyone for being ill. A few people that I've known in our area have had this illness, but my sister doesn't know how to look after herself and was much more seriously ill than anyone else.

In Christ,
Christina

[Fr Seraphim (Black)]

Christina,

Be assured of our prayers. Illness is a very difficult path, yet unites us with Christ and all of humankind that suffer.

"For many a long year now I have been trying to persuade those who turn to me to apprehend the trials that befall them not only within the bounds of their individual existence but also as a revelation of how mankind lives and has lived in its millennium existence. Every experience, be it of joy, be it of pain, can bring us new knowledge vital for our salvation. When in ourselves we live the whole human world, all the history of mankind, we break out of the locked circle of our own 'individuality' and enter into the wide expanses of 'hypostatic' forms of being, conquering death and participating in divine infinity.' Achimandrite Sophrony, "On Prayer" pgs. 115-116

May our Lord comfort you, your sister and your loved ones.

[Zander]

Thankyou Fr Seraphim for yr prayer, Genevieve and Christina are my sisters. In Christ, Alexander:)

[Chrissi]

Hi everyone, Genevieve is getting a little healthier and she has cheered up a lot. Just thought I'd let you know :) Chrissi (ps and Thanks for all your prayers)