The Pope Last Updated this on November 7, 2009
November 7: I read the following on Facebook: A group of management trainees were participating in a seminar. The instructor pounded home his point about the need to make decisions and take action on these decisions. "For instance," he said, "if you had five frogs on a log and three of them decided to jump, how many frog would you have left on the log?" The answers from the group were unanimous: "Two." "Wrong," barked the instructor. "There would still be five because there is a difference between deciding to jump and actually jumping!" It hit me that salvation requires more than merely believe, but in lumping, that is in putting our Faith into action. I recall Daniel asking the questions: How long will you halt between two sides? This remaining between two sides is lukewarmness, which is one of the errors of Russia. We think of the political side of Communism and not the spiritual ramifications of Russian Orthodox, which is schismatic. Further the Orthodox were plagued by a form of indifference, called Hessychasm, which child their fervor. This led them to be right for the plucking by Communism.
