Fr. Michael Marcantoni, Fr. Joseph Collins, and Ancient Faith Ministries
31 episodes
2 months ago
On life’s battlefield almost nothing goes as planned. Fr. Joseph Collins and Fr. Michael Marcantoni confront the inevitable difficulties of life by drawing from the well of practical Orthodox spirituality and the tools developed by addiction recovery.
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On life’s battlefield almost nothing goes as planned. Fr. Joseph Collins and Fr. Michael Marcantoni confront the inevitable difficulties of life by drawing from the well of practical Orthodox spirituality and the tools developed by addiction recovery.
In this episode, our hosts tackle the issue of "rest" and workaholism. What does it mean to enter into the Sabbath Rest? Piggybacking off of the last episode's theme of peace, we can see that once order is established and justice is restored, God rests by becoming enthroned. When we enter into rest, we begin to participate in the words from St. John's Apocolypse that "to the one who overcomes, I will grant to sit with me on my throne". We find that reciprocal sabbath is the means by which God has established relationship with His creation. Work is addictive like any other substance, only - in our society - this vice of overworking is held as a virtue. We always end up RESTless, irritable, and discontent . . . which always leads to more problems.
On the Battlefield
On life’s battlefield almost nothing goes as planned. Fr. Joseph Collins and Fr. Michael Marcantoni confront the inevitable difficulties of life by drawing from the well of practical Orthodox spirituality and the tools developed by addiction recovery.
