11/20/2011
What does his cross mean? Why is his [our] cross, that is, the separate cross of each person, called also the Cross of Christ?
Metropolitan Platon (Levshin)
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We possess the qualities of creatures both material and immaterial, and I can say that although the Creator has given us the greater ascetic struggle because of these nearly opposite natures, we are nevertheless obliged to preserve a precise balance between them, so that by observing what is natural to the body we do not violate the demands of the soul; and by protecting the soul’s privilege, we do not neglect the needs of the body.