12/29/2018
Igumen John (Ludishchev)
Fr. John (Krestiankin) said that there are many people nowadays who have wallowed in various sins but who received an impetus from God for their salvation.
Now is the beginning of the restoration of the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of the Holy Trinity—the Kingdom of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Hieromonk John (Ludishchev)
What happens to the soul of a man, to man himself upon meeting God?
The soul of every person has its radiance, its glow, depending on the life he leads, and, according to the saints, takes a form corresponding to its inner spiritual mood, its state.
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The holy fathers instruct those who begin their spiritual life: Be ready for prolonged warfare and do not hope that we will always be savoring triumphs. Just the reverse, we will often have to be patient, enduring our burden.
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The feeling of gratitude is commingled with living faith in God, with our wholly submitting ourselves to His will, and is a fruit of it. Hence, only the heart that strengthens its faith in God’s providence is capable of seeing the mercy embracing us.