Cynicism, of course, is most often a reaction: a reaction to problems and temptations that one experiences as unmanageable. Then, as a defense – just not the right defense – a bitter irony emerges ...
Sometimes people come to Confession purely to discuss their spiritual development, but again this misses the point of Confession as the Sacrament of Repentance. Perhaps some people do this because ...
It is therefore the prayer of a murderer and adulterer that the celebrant of the Liturgy recites (and makes his own in prayer) as he prepares for the Holy Oblation. For sin lies not only in our ...
When everything is going well, it is easy for us to live the Orthodox way of life. Praying is not a burden. It is easy to fast. We are generous with alms.We are not troubled by our sinful desires
One of the most difficult lessons in spiritual life is taught to by those who insult and offend us. God allows and sometimes even sends individuals to us who can either lead us to heaven or hell ...
The usual compromise that people choose of how to confess one's sins is a sort of a question-answer confession, which might as well be used for a "how to repent" manual. The penitent ...
