11/29/2023
Valentina Ulyanova
Traditions carefully preserved by the Church tell us about the power of the sacrament of confession and that God’s mercy really does instantly and entirely erase all the sins of those who repent sincerely…
Here we have time to make amends for our transgressions, as long as we have freedom of choice; and then there will be one time—of separation and retribution for what everyone has chosen for himself.
The fact is that repentance is not only the awareness of your sins, but also the desire and opportunity to change, to be cleansed from them, to be spiritually transformed.
Reading descriptions of afterlife experiences, testimonies of those who passed into eternity and then by Divine Providence returned for repentance, we often see two phenomena that may at first glance seem to contradict one another.
Seeing that the soldiers were approaching and it was impossible to flee or hide from them, St. Gregory lifted his hands up to heaven, entrusting himself to the protection of God, and commanded his deacon to do the same.
The hypnotist lost his temper, shouting so hard that the veins on his face and arms swelled from the tension. He pressed his hands against my shoulders. Finally, covered in sweat, he fell on the leather couch and muttered, “I can’t do anything with her.”
