Featured Author of the Antiochian Archdiocese: Fr. George Morelli
Fr. George Morelli is a seasoned professional in the areas of Clinical Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy. An active pastor and leader, he chairs the archdiocesan Chaplaincy and Pastoral Counseling Ministry, and is also Religion Coordinator and Liaison of the Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine. He lives in San Diego, California, where he is Assistant Pastor at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church. Fr. George has taught university and seminary courses in psychology and pastoral theology, and supervised doctoral clinical psychology interns. He has authored numerous articles in the field of psychology, and is also the author of Healing: Orthodox Christianity and Scientific Psychology. He can be heard on Ancient Faith Radio through his weekly podcast Healing: Orthodox Spirituality and Psychology. Also a regular contributor to OrthodoxyToday.org, Fr. George has graciously allowed the Antiochian Archdiocese to reproduce his writings on this website.
You can also listen to Fr. George teach via his podcast at Ancient Faith Radio.
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Smart Marriage XVII: Wrecking a Marriage, Demanding Human Justice
The judgment of man is one thing; the judgment of God is another thing altogether. (St. Dorotheos of Gaza)
We are so prone to view the world through our own eyes. Not only are we inclined by our brokenness (Morelli, 2006b) to expect that others will act they way we want them too, but we are also predisposed to judge and evaluate others in terms of whether or not they meet up with our expectations and demand justice. In a marriage blessed by God, through His Church, this can be especially disastrous. Couples are inclined to judge the other in human terms and not divine terms. They heed not the words of St. Paul to the Romans (10:3): “For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.”