You have done well for repenting right away. God has left repentance for salvation. If that was not the case, not even the Apostles would have been saved, far less other people. You have sinned with the tongue, repented with the heart. You said an evil word against your neighbor. As if you threw [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Through Saintly Eyes'
To a modest man who is repenting for some of his words – by St. Nikolai (Velimirovic)
November 24th, 2009 1 Comment
Tags: anger · christian · gossip · orthodox · repentance · St. Nikolai
How can God be inside man? – St. Nikolai (Velimirovic)
November 9th, 2009 No Comments
To a soldier of a student’s brigade who asks how God can be inside man
You asked somebody, “where is God?” And you got an answer that God is inside you. And you marvel at this answer. How can that be?
Kind of like light in a room, or like fire in a; stove. When you are [...]
Tags: Eastern · God · Holy Fathers · inside · man · orthodox · saints
Silence of the minds
September 11th, 2009 No Comments
I always liked this dialogue from the movie Pulp Fiction (slightly adapted for language):
“Don’t you hate that?”
“Hate what?”
“Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it’s necessary to yak about nonsense? In order to be comfortable?”
“I don’t know. That’s a good question.”
“That’s when you know you found somebody really special, when you can just shut […] up for a minute. Comfortably share silence.”
Tags: heart · mind · nous · prayer · silence · uncomfortable
An answer to a Priest about the World Crisis – by St. Nikolai (Velimirovic)
August 27th, 2009 1 Comment
You ask me, O man of God, where did today’s crisis come from and what does it mean? Who am I to be asked about such a great thing? “You should only speak when what you have to say is better than silence,” says St. Gregory the Theologian. And even though I believe that silence would be better…
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