“This rejoicing is not separable from grief, for indeed it is rather deeply connected with grief. The one who grieves for his own wrongdoing and confesses it is joyful. Alternatively it is possible to grieve for one’s own sins but rejoice in Christ…. On this account he says “Rejoice in the Lord.” For this is …
I’M SCARED! Once I asked a young girl: Why you do not like to confess? She replied that she used to be scared when she thought to confess. I asked her, “What the feeling of a bride at the day of her marriage celebration? Is she in need that parents incite her to go to …
“Bear with patience everything that is thrown at you, secure in the knowledge, that it is then, in great trials, that you are most in the mind of God.” – St. Basil the Great #coptic #orthodox #orthodoxy #patience #pentecost #dailyreadings
