Abba Joseph's Fingers

On the body and believing in God

This was the Gospel reading for us Orthodox at liturgy on Sunday:

Mark 9:17-31:

17Then one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit.

18And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they …