By: ROMANI SERGYOS

ROMANI SERGYOS — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:43:16 +0000

Besides to be a good listener ,i believe seek first to understand ….it involves that the person becomes more interesting in understanding others and less having other people understand him ..it means an effective communication and with less effort to get through the others …if we reverse this process that you try to be understood before you understand , it will not be sound and effective way of communication and it needs a lot of effort to get across the others ….so we can not put the cart before the horse …ya truly Effective communication is very important in our daily life as it improves the quality of our life , relationships and work ….may our Lord give us the patience and the wisdom to be better active listeners and seek first to understand …may our Lord activate our Churches in this part of the world to enhence our faith and deeds ….may our Lord enhance our ability to reach those least and isolated in our Australian Coptic community in this part of the world and see them sitting in the front seats of our churches enjoying the word of God …. may the Lord enhance and strengthen our deeds …. over alll may the holy spirit guide us allll , amen ….CHRISTOS ANESTY , ALYTHOS ANESTY , AMEN …..Happy Easter to all …so wonderful was our local church at Mt Drruitt this year and as usual during the lent and the holy Pascha ….it is great to see such great love , respect and team work among the priests and the deacons and the congregation , God Bless ….

By: ROMANI SERGYOS

ROMANI SERGYOS — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:14:02 +0000

God bless you father you are spot on …you raised one of the main problems of the world after food and shelter in my personal opinion ….Acceptance and trust among people and communities and even nations are no more there …people in the same country are not accepting one another and fighting against each other , even nations against one another ,individuals at all levels and families in the same house are not accepting and trusting one another , it is lack of love as our Lord said that it will occur as one of the main signs of the beginning of end …….communication breakdown everywhere no more active listening and no more that effort of the person to be understood rather to understand …no more patience and no more time and frankly no more the good Samaritan , everything is calculated in cents and dollars , oh my God it is terrible !!!!!Few years ago i decided with the help of God that one day a week i serve from my own time one of those big charitable organizations in this part of the world … it is really a great cause …my work is to sit in my office and get one by one of those least brothers to hear their concerns and issue vouchers of maximum 60 dollars and free vouchers for medications scripts depends on the case ..all walks of life used to come from all backgrounds even our own background Sudanese and Egyptians and i could not believe it, most of them they used to say we do not have anybody to talk and asked can we talk ??!! truly you said it father that people are isolated just they need to talk and steam off and somebody actively listening to their concerns !!!!!it is really a problem which i believe is escalating most of the psychological and mental problems around …..it is certainly a great blessing to sit there and actively listen and let those least steam off ….ya isolation is one of the biggest social problems around ….i believe part of the role of the churches besides spirituality also social and development of the human being and specially those least ….our Lord said it clearly that those least have to be looked after …..

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By: ROMANI SERGYOS

By: ROMANI SERGYOS