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At some time, they lose it (Saint Makarios the Egyptian)

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Those souls who are slothful and avoid labors, who don’t seek the sanctification of the heart in this life- not in part, but completely- should not expect to share in the communion of the Holy Spirit, nor to be liberated from the passions of wickedness. Even if they’re granted Divine Grace, they’re deceived by wickedness and abandon every spiritual care because they enjoy the merest taste of spiritual sweetness. So it’s easy for such souls to fall into pride, because they don’t strive to achieve perfect dispassion. Since they’re content with this slight augmentation of Grace, and make progress not in humility but in imperiousness, at some stage they’ll be stripped of the benefaction they’ve been given. Because, no matter ...

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Interview with Archimandrite Zacharias (part 1) – The Experience of the Holy Spirit (Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou)

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Question: Saint Silouan and Saint Sophrony speak repeatedly about the Holy Spirit. How do we experience the Holy Spirit according to their teaching? Answer: Everything begins from our faith in Christ and accepting His word. When we make His commandments the unique law of our life, then we gradually acquire a certain mystical depth. We become mystical, just as the Person of the Holy Spirit is mystical, secret, invisible. The Spirit of God works in us in diverse ways. Father Sophrony once explained to me that the prayer, ‘O God, cleanse Thou me, a sinner’ is addressed to the Holy Spirit. Thus, the Holy Spirit first of all cleanses us from our sins, heals us from the wounds of sin and ...

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