"The longer we remain without confessing, the worse……" — John of Kronstadt
"The longer we remain without confessing, the worse it is for us, the more entangled we become in the bonds of sin, and therefore the more difficult it is to give an account."
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75 Quotes by John of Kronstadt
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It is necessary to rouse the heart to pray, otherwise it will become quite dry. The attributes of prayer must…
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...people mostly pray as if there were no God with them, or as if He did not heed their prayers.…
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When you say a prayer, He (The Holy Spirit) is in every word of it, and like a Holy Fire,…
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When you are praying alone, and your spirit is dejected, and you are wearied and oppressed by your loneliness, remember…
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Christ is our hope, our cleansing and santification, our resurrection, life and repose. He alone is what we all need,…
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Love every man in spite of his falling into sin. Never mind the sins, but remember that the foundation of…
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The man who is poor in spirit desires and says with his whole heart, Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom…
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Every man on earth is sick with the fever of sin, with the blindness of sin and is overcome with…
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It would seem, after this, that even when living upon earth we must live as if in the heavenly kingdom,…
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Wherefore is this? Because our common enemy, the Devil, endeavours with all his might to oppose the intentions of the…
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Christ wishes to raise men up to heaven, and has given them all the means to attain this; whilst the…
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Christ taught us truth; the Devil teaches us falsehood, and strives in every way to contradict every truth; devising various…
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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers,…
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