HeyJaredOrtho-Spectives
Orthodox Christian Archpriest with an opinion. I stand on my soapbox I tell it like it is, and then I can let it go and be a Christian. Do you understand?
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"He who eats My flesh, and drinks My blood, dwells in Me, and I in him." [John 6:56] This we feel, and experience confirms it. Most blessed, most full of life is the man who communicates of the Holy Mysteries with faith and heartfelt repentance for his sins. This we truly feel, and the contrast is also manifest. If we approach the Holy Cup without sincere repentance for sin, and with doubt, then Satan enters into us, and dwells in us, destroying our soul, and this, too, is most perceptible.St Jo
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Don't be sad too much for nothing. Leave everything to God. And he knows more than we do what is good for the soul. Destroying yourself with worrying and frivolous thoughts, compensate to fix yourself and make all the bad things of the past, and treat it with sincere repentance and changing the course of life.Saint Joseph the Quiet<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ddeu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-me
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“The history of the Orthodox Church teaches us that the liturgy has always been the center and core of every truly Orthodox soul. Look into the souls of Orthodox holy ascetics and you will see that they are woven from liturgical feelings. Experiencing the liturgical mysteries as the essence of one's personality is the only way to transform ordinary people into God-men, to grow into saints. He who does not understand the liturgy cannot understand Orthodoxy. This is not me who says this, but the p
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How many mouths are dumb when in the company of men it is necessary to defend the glory of God and of His saints, which is blasphemed by the children of this world! Some remain silent when it is necessary to support the conversation concerning God, or to put a stop to any disrespect or insolence.St. John of Kronstadt<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!26gh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaw
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The Cup of Christ is suffering. To those who drink from it on earth, the Cup of Christ grants participation in Christ’s Kingdom of grace; it prepares for them the thrones of eternal glory in heaven.Entrust your heart in simplicity to Him by Whom all the hairs of your head are numbered: He knows the measure of the healing Cup that you should be given.Look often on Jesus standing before those who put Him to death — He was as the lamb dumb before his shearers; He was delivered to death, to be slain
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