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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:ON REPENTANCE \nFrom the writing of St Silouan the Athonite \n◊◊◊ \nGlory be to the Lord that He gave us repentance. Through repentance we \nshall all\, every one of us\, be saved. Only those who refuse to repent will not find \nsalvation\, and therein I see their despair\, and shed abundant tears of pity for them. \nThey have not known through the Holy Spirit how great is God’s mercy. But if \nevery soul knew the Lord\, knew how deeply He loves us\, no one would ever \ndespair\, or murmur against his lot. Every soul that has lost peace should repent \nand the Lord will forgive her her sins\, and there will be joy and peace in the soul… \nHere is a token of forgiveness: if you detest sin\, it means the Lord has forgiven you \nyour sins… \nThe truly repentant man readily bears every affliction – hunger and \nnakedness\, cold and heat\, sickness and poverty\, humiliation and exile\, injustice \nand slander; for his soul is turned with longing towards God\, and he has no care \nfor earthly things but prays to God with a pure mind. But the man who is attached \nto worldly goods and riches can never have a mind pure in God\, since in the depths \nof his soul he is constantly preoccupied with his possessions; and if he does not \nrepent whole-heartedly\, and mourn at having grieved God\, he will die bearing the \nburden of his passions\, without having come to know the Lord… \nLet us not be distressed over the loss of worldly goods: such losses are a \nsmall matter. My own father taught me this early in life. When some misfortune \nhappened at home\, he would remain serene. When our house caught fire and the \nneighbours said\, ‘Ivan Petrovich\, your house is burnt down!’ he replied\, ‘With \nGod’s help I’ll build it up again.’ Once we were walking along the side of our field\, \nand I said\, ‘Look\, they’re stealing our sheaves!’ ‘Aye\, son\,’ he answered me\, ‘the \nLord has given us corn and to spare\, so if anyone steals it\, it means he’s in want.’ \n… \nThe Lord is quick to forgive the sins of the merciful. The merciful man bears \nno ill-will. He will suffer injury or the loss of his goods with unconcern\, for he \nknows the mercy of God\, and no one can take the Lord’s mercy from us: it comes \nfrom on high; it is of God… But we here below are swept about like dust before the \nwind\, while our minds cling to the things of this world… A little wind can blow it \nout like a candle; but the spirit of the saints glowed with fire like the burning bush\, \nfearless of the wind… The love of God is a consuming fire. For the love of God the \nsaints bore every affliction… \nAll my desire is to learn humility and the love of Christ\, that I may offend no \nman but pray for all as I pray for myself… This is the law we have: if you forgive \nothers\, it is a sign that the Lord has forgiven you; but if you refuse to forgive\, then \nyour own sin remains with you. The Lord wants us to love our fellow-man; and if \nyou reflect that the Lord loves him\, you have a sign of the Lord’s love for you… If \nyou do not feel pity for the sinner destined to suffer the pains of hellfire\, it means \nthat the grace of the Holy Spirit is not in you\, but an evil spirit. While you are still \nalive\, therefore\, strive by repentance to free yourself from this spirit. \n  \n7 Saint Silouan the Athonite. Trans. Rosemary Edmonds. Crestwood\, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press\, 1999. 345- \n352.15 \n 
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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