It is Later Than You Think, Hasten Therefore to Do the Work of God (Fr Seraphim Rose) | Red & Yellow Design | Orthodox Christian JournalThe time of the end, though it seems to be near, we do not know. However close, it is still future, and in the present we have only the same age old fight against the unseen powers, against the world, and against our own passions, upon the outcome of which our eternal fate will be decided. Let us then struggle while it is still day, with the time and the weapons which our All merciful God has given us! Our times, above all, call for humble and quiet

soften the hardness of my soul

+ St Antony the Great

saying: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully

Where I am

when we walked in lasciviousness

Priest: Wherefore

Divine and human

From the outermost border of heaven is His going forth

the Lord is with thee

For every time a man wants to pray

the Pure Soul icon elaborates on the ultimate Christian virtue of repentance

you may easily fool yourself