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WARNING: DO NOT EXCEED

whywhy
edited December 1969 in Coptic Orthodox Church
guys...do not take a step forward or bak when in relation to FASTING...


make sure u tell your confession father if u want to go alittle bit more or a little bit less in regards to fasting...

IT CAN BE REALLY DANGEROUS IF U DONT!!

there was once a monk that when he was fasting, thought that he could take it to the next stage ithout confronting his FOC and ate nothing for a day,,,then two..then three and so on...then started thinking that he was a saint...then he was a hermit...and that he would see the angles...


then...he had told the monks at the time that he was told that he was going to go to heaven on a chariot just like elijah....


so on that day...he went up a mountain and there he invited everyone to see him depart on a chariot....


then the chariot came...and once he stepped in....

HE FELLLLLLLLLLLLL>........

and broke his leg....


all this from taking an extra step in fasting wirhout telling his confession father!! ;)

Comments

  • Unknown
    WOW, that's an interesting story why, I also believe the same thing, I think satan exaggerates in our heads and makes us believe certain things, please talk to your FOC if you want to extend your fasting!

    Forever,
    Coptic Servent
  • mnc_hnnmnc_hnn
    interesting? scary ::) :'(

    God bless you tayeb...
  • whywhy
    yep intresting, scary the whole load...

    but all soo true....any1 have any experiences like that they want to share...
  • StavroStavro
    This particular monk was tempted by pride and vanity, and as far as I remember the story, he was told by the devils (disguised as angels) that they will come and take him in a chariot like Elijah. He actually told his father of confession, who warned him against the deception of the devil. Driven by his pride, he refused to obey and he faced a bad end, but the Lord had mercy on him, he did not die and he lived a repentence life afterwards.

    I do not believe that any of us have reached the stage where fasting, in its true sense and meaning, becomes a desire and a passion we cannot resist. The Fathers have used discernment in such occasions, sometimes encouraging and sometimes preventing the person, according to his spiritual life and how they judge it. Vanity is their main concern.

  • mnc_hnnmnc_hnn
    i once was gonna do sumthing crazy (starting to) and...well i wanted to prove that i can fast and i got told off by my FOC when he knew (i'm not upset though because he saved my life)

    and know i know that i cant do anything me...

    pride is very dangerous imagine like hv u heard be4 that humbleness is the most thing by which u can beat the devil? that's what saint Anthony did ! when the devils would come to him and say oh now u r good and u can defeat us he'd answer who am i, i can't beat you.
  • whywhy
    cool...yer i had somefing similar...

    i thought i was good enough to go without EATING AT ALL...thorughout a certain time of the DAY>>>>

    LIKE A WEEK IN>>>>I FULLY GAVE UP and started eating MEAT!!...if i had not taken the extra step without being ready...i would of fasted the WHOLE FASTING!!
  • mnc_hnnmnc_hnn
    that just happened to me last month

    btw i hv a Q if it's like in the fast of st mary should we fast wednesday n friday without fish

  • whywhy
    yes..nothing goes over the wednesday and friday friday...
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