Christianity

"I think what we have to realize is that Christianity is counter-cultural. It is radically different. It is a continual change of mind. It is continual repentance, a continual sobriety which challenges even the most fashionable and almost universally accepted presuppositions and values of our cultures and times. Everything around is not necessarily able to be incorporated into the life of the Spirit. We are a little flock - a dynamic leaven. The Lord says to us, "Fear not little flock." We have to not be afraid to be different, not afraid to be looked down on, misunderstood, and even be ridiculed or suffer for being different." - Sister Aemiliane, An Interview with Sister Aemiliane of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Monastery, Thebes, Greece

NB: In 2006 Sister Aemiliane visited St. George Church in Oklahoma City, and I had an opportunity to meet her. There is something very special and otherworldly about her. When she looks at you there is very much the feeling that she does not merely meet your eyes, but that she can look right into your very soul. I thought to myself, "This is what it is like to meet a true Saint."

An Interview with Sister Aemiliane