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We should not despair even if we sin many times (Saint Peter the Damascan)

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You shouldn’t despair, even if you’re not as you should be. Certainly it’s bad that you’ve sinned, but why do you then wrong God by regarding Him, in your ignorance, as powerless? For your sake He created the great universe which you behold, and is He then incapable of saving your soul? And if you say that this, as well as His incarnation, only makes your condemnation worse, then repent. He’ll accept your repentance, as He accepted that of the prodigal son and the harlot. But if repentance is too much for you and you continue to sin out of habit, even if you don’t want to, show humility, as did the publican. This is enough to ensure your salvation. ...

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Who is a ‘Good Christian?’ (Fr. Andreas Agathokleous)

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The view of many people regarding ‘good Christians’ conflicts with that of the Gospel and Holy Fathers and Mothers, that is, the Church. If ‘good Christians’ are those who apply the Ten Commandments or, at least, some moral list of what to do and what to avoid, it’s clear that the Church has a different opinion. Christians are in the world not for themselves, but for other people. By the whole of their life they’re called upon ‘to make Christ known to the world and to bring the world to Christ’ (Saint Cyril of Jerusalem). In his analysis of this subject, Saint John Chrysostom says that ‘there is nobody more heartless than a Christian who doesn’t save others’, in other words ...

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