ΤΗΕ ROLE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
I
would like to remind you that in Orthodoxy man should change, we have
to change, we have to repent, to be healed in Christ. Our nous has to
be changed, our heart has to be purified, to be emptied completely
and be filled with our Lord Jesus Christ. We have to change.
Do
not bother when people say to you "You have changed."
"Yes,
I have changed, indeed, but to what direction? That is the question."
Some
will say: "Oh, you have changed because you got in Church and
got influenced by those priests... bla, bla, bla"
You
see? Yes. As a matter of fact, we do
have to change.
Do not get upset when they say to us "you have
changed". Respond and do not be afraid to say “Yes, I have
changed, indeed!” You know, they are trying to intimidate us, when
they talk to us this way. But we have to be happy we have changed,
because this is what we actually ought to do! We have to undergo a
certain change and, from the state of being sick, become healthy
again. Let us not maintain our state of sickness, only to give the
impression of having a strong personality, neither is it
embarrassing, if we admit we were doing the wrong things so far.
f. Savvas Agioreitis
To be continued...
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