A Word on Death

“Wealth without work

Pleasure without conscience

Science without humanity

Knowledge without character

Politics without principle

Commerce without morality

Worship without sacrifice.

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“Come to your senses, my soul,” the skete monk Evagrius touchingly turns to himself, “and think how you can endure your sudden separation from your body, when formidable angels come for you, and delight you in an hour at which you do not expect, and during you don't know about! What deeds will you send into the air before you, when your enemies who are in the air begin to torture you about your deeds? " 212 So the holy saints of God felt and spoke: they understood and examined the depth of the fall of man; they understood and investigated the power of demons over humans that arose from this fall. ///

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True disciples of Christ have faithfully fulfilled the will of the Lord. The Apostle Paul says about himself that he died daily ( 1 Cor. 15:31 ). Precisely: whoever is prepared to die daily, he dies daily; he who trampled on all sins and all sinful desires, whose thought from now on has moved to heaven and remains there, he dies every day. He who dies every day is already living the eternal, true life. ///

Fear this hypocrisy. Fear hypocrisy first in yourself and then in others. Be afraid of it, precisely because it is typical of our time and can infect anyone who deviates even the least from frivolous behavior… Pursue hypocrisy in yourself, chase it away from yourself. Separate yourself from the multitude of people infected by it, acting consciously and unconsciously under its influence, disguising its service to the world with the service of God, seeking temporary goods in search of eternal goods, disguising under the guise of holiness a vicious life and a soul completely devoted to passions.