Forwarded from Fr. Seraphim Rose - A Tribute
The heart of Orthodoxy is prayer; and I may truthfully say that before I found Orthodoxy I never had the slightest idea of what prayer was or what power it had. Often, of course, one is cold in prayer; but I have known times, both by myself and with others, of truly warm and fervent prayer, and of heartfelt tears of repentance: and I have known the joy of seeing my prayers answered. Thus encouraged I, feeble and unworthy, have been bold to speak to our Lord and to His Mother and His Saints (I have known no one who prays to the Saints with such faith and fervor as Orthodox believers), and their guidance in my life is as real to me as my own breathing.
-Eugene (Fr. Seraphim) Rose, letter dated July 15, 1963
-Eugene (Fr. Seraphim) Rose, letter dated July 15, 1963
Когда нечистый дух выйдет из человека, то ходит по безводным местам, ища покоя, и не находит; тогда говорит: возвращусь в дом мой, откуда я вышел. И, придя, находит его незанятым, выметенным и убранным; тогда идет и берет с собою семь других духов, злейших себя, и, войдя, живут там; и бывает для человека того последнее хуже первого.
Евангелие от Матфея, глава 12, стихи 43–45
Евангелие от Матфея, глава 12, стихи 43–45