28/2/15, 06:00 PM
Posted by Fr. Gregory
Please find an edifying sermon by St. Tikhon at the link below. Included in this sermon are these very helpful words: Posted by Fr. Gregory
"Unfortunately, brethren, we do not like to acknowledge our transgressions. It would seem natural and easy for a person to know his own self, his own soul and his shortcomings. This, however, is actually not so. We are ready to attend to anything but a deeper understanding of ourselves, an investigation of our sins. We examine various things with curiosity, we attentively study friends and strangers, but when faced with solitude without extraneous preoccupation even for a short while, we immediately become bored and attempt to seek amusement..."
Read the entire sermon here:
http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/68746.htm
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