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The sick one who is acquainted with his sickness is easily to be cured; and he who confesses in pain is near to health. Many are the pains of the hard heart; and when the sick one resists the physician, his torments will be augmented.
- St. Isaac the Syrian
"He who hopes, will be harmed if he recalls all his sins, one by one."
“He who hopes, will be harmed if he recalls all his sins, one by one.”
He who hopes, will be harmed if he recalls all his sins, one by one. The sorrow which will come with their remembrance, will drive away hope; if, again, he remembers his sins without feeling any sorrow, it is as though he is repeating them. When your nous forsakes itself, and succeeds in clinging exclusively to hope, then the enemy — under the pretext of confession — will remind it of past sins,…
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Spiritual Priesthood & the Remission of Sins
Spiritual Priesthood and the Remission of Sins By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos 1. Sacred (ordained) Priesthood My book Orthodox Psychotherapy emphasises the great value of the Mystery of the Priesthood. Priesthood is highly prized. It is described in the writings of the holy Fathers of the Church, particularly in the teaching of St John Chrysostom, who has been rightly called an expert on…
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Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility. (St. Isaac the Syrian, Homilies, 71)
Only the dead feel nothing
Only the dead feel nothing
ON THOSE WHO SAY THAT THEY POSSESS THE HOLY SPIRIT UNCONSCIOUSLY FIFTH ETHICAL DISCOURSE BY ST SYMEON THE NEW THEOLOGIAN Here I am again, writing against those who say they have the Spirit of God unconsciously, who think that they have Him in themselves as a result of divine Baptism and who, while they believe they have this treasure, yet recognize themselves as wholly deaf to Him. I am writing…
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