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Τετάρτη 14 Φεβρουαρίου 2018
Watchfulness.Holiness comes only to those who keep watch.Abbot Tryphon
Watchfulness
Holiness
comes only to those who keep watch
Not an hour
should pass without taking time to examine our heart, for the hour of judgement
can come at any time, and we must be ready to give account to God for our life.
In the Gospel of Matthew (5:8), we read "Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God". It is clear that without a humble and contrite
heart we shall not see God.
Saint Isaac
of Syria tells us, "No one has understanding if he is not humble, and he
who lacks humility lacks understanding." The prescription given to us by
all the Holy Fathers point that discrimination and watchfulness are the path to
achieve purity of heart, for someone who is proud, and who has not rooted out
the sickness that is within his heart, will be unable to please God, for only
holiness of life opens the doors to the Paradise that awaits us.
No spiritual
improvement can be made if we do not seek to please God with holiness of life,
yet any good in our deeds must be attributed to God. "There is none that
doeth good, no not one (Romans 3:12)", and "For there is not a just
man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not (Ecclesiastes 7:20)".
If we find
we've neglected our spiritual struggle, and acted with foolish abandon, we, in
our weakness, must turn to God in repentance, and this can happen only with an
hourly examination of the heart. We must resolve to turn ourselves around, with
God's help, and fight against the enemy of our souls, for holiness comes only
to those who struggle.
With love in
Christ,
Abbot Tryphon
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