The man whose hopes lie with the
present world can’t truly repent or become humble. You can truly repent and
become humble only if you feel totally lost, only if you realize that the mercy
of God is all you are left with, only if you are convinced that God’s mercy and
His merciful eye are your last resort.
That’s the only thing you have to do.
Go ahead, then, and do it without further delay.
We’re much too sensitive. We have
“over nurtured” feeling sorry for ourselves. Feeling sorry for whom though? The
old man. Blessed be the man who will fill his soul with cruelty, if I may say
so, against the old man.
This is our sin: we start from what
we like, from what suits us.
Archimandrite Symeon Kragiopoulos (†)
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