{"id":3357,"date":"2023-12-21T02:27:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T09:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/?p=3357"},"modified":"2023-12-21T02:31:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T09:31:05","slug":"my-christ-increase-my-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/?p=3357","title":{"rendered":"My Christ, increase my faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/22_main-v1673335923-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/22_main-v1673335923-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3358\" style=\"width:351px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/22_main-v1673335923-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/22_main-v1673335923-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/22_main-v1673335923-1-403x230.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It is a great deal to realize that your faith is reduced. And it is indeed always reduced. St. Iakovos (Tsalikis) used to tell me, \u201cNever be satisfied with your faith. Always ask for more faith. If possible at dawn, early in the morning.\u201d If possible early in the morning, at dawn. As soon as you rise from your bed. \u201cA new day, my Christ, good morning! Please give me more faith than the one you gave me yesterday.\u201d This is what it means, \u201c<em>Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you<\/em>.\u201d (Matthew 7:7)&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we break our leg, [we say] \u201cMy Virgin Mary, let my leg heal and I will light a big candle for you.\u201d Hey, your heart is broken, your nous is disabled! Why don\u2019t you ask [help] for your heart and nous?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are you waiting for? You can\u2019t love [anyone], you can\u2019t forgive your mother, your father, your children\u2026 You will tell Him, \u201cMy Christ, I don\u2019t know how to forgive. Help me! Enlighten me! Send the Holy Spirit!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MorphouHomilies\">Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou Homilies<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a great deal to realize that your faith is reduced. And it is indeed always reduced. St. Iakovos (Tsalikis) used to tell me, \u201cNever be satisfied with your faith. Always ask for more faith. If possible at dawn, early in the morning.\u201d If possible early in the morning, at dawn. As soon as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclicals"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3357"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3361,"href":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357\/revisions\/3361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}