Quote of the Day. St.John of Kronstadt.
...Sometimes in the affliction of your soul you wish to die. It is easy to die; but are you prepared for death? Remember that after death the judgment of your whole lofe will follow.
You are not prepared for death, and if it were to come to you, you would shudder all over. Therefore do not waste words in vain. Do not say: “It is better for me to die”, but rather say. “How can I prepare for death in a Christian manner?” By means of faith, by means of good works, and by bravely bearing the miseries and sorrows that happen to you, so as to be able to meet death fearlessly, peacefully, and without shame, not a rigorous law of nature, but as a fatherly call of the eternal, heavenly, holy, and blessed Father unto the everlasting Kingdom.
Remember the old man who, being weary of his heavy burden, called for death. When it came, he did not wish to die, and preferred to go on carrying his heavy burden...
You are not prepared for death, and if it were to come to you, you would shudder all over. Therefore do not waste words in vain. Do not say: “It is better for me to die”, but rather say. “How can I prepare for death in a Christian manner?” By means of faith, by means of good works, and by bravely bearing the miseries and sorrows that happen to you, so as to be able to meet death fearlessly, peacefully, and without shame, not a rigorous law of nature, but as a fatherly call of the eternal, heavenly, holy, and blessed Father unto the everlasting Kingdom.
Remember the old man who, being weary of his heavy burden, called for death. When it came, he did not wish to die, and preferred to go on carrying his heavy burden...
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