They should be reminded that in front of the confessionary table it is better not to tell about their everyday plans, to complain of the relatives or to start religious debates, but to say to the ...
Is Confession before a Priest necessary before each Communion? What should one do, so that Confession does not become a formality? What events in the life of a layman should be sanctified by the ...
God doesn't ask everything of us, but He does ask something: that we take part in the spiritual struggle against the tendencies so strongly reinforced in our age of hedonism, and prepare ...
Often people write down too much in their notes. They go into excessive detail about something or other, which is not quite proper. There is another, also improper, extreme, in which someone simply ...
A person can repent of the most terrible sins, the most barbaric evil-doing; his tale may be bitter and worthy of tears. But if an inner change occurs, that very "metanoia", that is, a ...
The Christian’s task is not to observe rules, but to be in constant prayerful union with God. Given our weakness, this means self-reproach. Not in despair and self-scourging, but in self-reproach – ...
It may not be as pronounced as it is in the Roman Catholic Church, but the Orthodox Church also has the notion of the "seal of confession". That is to say, it believes that the confessor is ...
