11/13/2014
Hieromonk Savatie (Bastovoi)
The end of the world will come not from the increase of sins, but from the inability to forgive.
Every passion that takes root in our hearts is a harbinger of war. The guarding of the senses, the guarding of the mind, and of judgment expressed aloud, should keep us from this all-encompassing war.
While God speaks to us about grace and forgiveness, people speak about laws and punishments. Strength forgives, but weakness punishes.
In our neighbor, we find either salvation or perdition.
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One of the telling events of our times was the election of a porn star, Monica Cicciolina, to the Italian Parliament. This is a testimony to the state of our society—not because we are talking about a novelty in human history, but because ideals that were once shameful, which were, for a time, overcome by Christian common sense, are now returning to society in their most vulgar form.
