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For The First Thousand Years, Christians experienced the fullness of Christ and shared the same thanksgiving, the Eucharist. There were problems and conflicts- the “worldly and wise” are quick to point them out. But for the First Thousand Years, there was one church and one Christian witness. Why that single witness was lost is a legitimate question, but not the crucial one.

What will it take to regain the one witness of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox faiths? It does not mean to me that we would speak with only one voice, but rather that we would love with one heart. We are at a unique moment in history, one pregnant with promise and throbbing with urgency. The last words of the Lord Jesus Christ to his disciples spoke of unity, love, and keeping faith with one another. We can make those words come alive again.

Nepsis (Gk: νῆψις) is an element of spiritual struggle. It is practiced as vigilance and watchful attentiveness conducted in a spirit of temperance and sobriety. St. Symeon the New Theologion writes: “Our whole soul should have at every moment a clear eye, able to watch and notice the thoughts entering our heart from the evil one and repel them. The heart must be always burning with faith, humility and love. Do not fear the conflict, and do not flee from it; where there is no struggle, there is no virtue.”

 ”Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching. Amen I say to you that he will gird himself and make them sit down to meat and passing will minister unto them. ” (Lk 12:37)  

Maranatha! O Lord, come!