St. Gregory Nazianzen, On His Father's Silence on Confession

"A life of fasting, properly understood as general self-limitation and abstinence, to the annual practice of which the Church always calls us with the Great Lent, is really that bearing of the cross and self-crucifixion which is required of us by our calling as Christians. And anyone who stubbornly resists this, wanting to live a carefree, happy, and free life, is concerned for sensual pleasures and avoids sorrow and suffering, that person is not a Christian. Bearing one's cross is the natural way of every true Christian, without which there is no Christianity."

- Archbishop Averky of Syracuse

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St. Gregory Nazianzen, On His Father’s Silence on Confession

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St. Gregory Nazianzen, On His Father's Silence

"As a ray of sun, passing through a crack, lights everything in the house and shows up even the finest dust, so the fear of the Lord, entering a man's heart, reveals to him all his sins."

St. John Climacus, Ladder of Divine Ascent, Step 26

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