Comments on: How Can an Inveterate Sinner Obtain Salvation? https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2020/10/how-can-an-inveterate-sinner-obtain-salvation Wed, 07 Oct 2020 07:53:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: Andreas Moran https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2020/10/how-can-an-inveterate-sinner-obtain-salvation#comment-1249 Wed, 07 Oct 2020 07:53:08 +0000 https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/?p=31919#comment-1249 “The Lord sometimes leaves in us some defects of character in order that we should learn humility.” St Theophan the Recluse, The Art of Prayer, p. 271.

“The Lord leaves passions in a person for the benefit of his soul, so that he would not become conceited, but humble himself.” St. Ambrose of Optina.

“Do not be ashamed at always confessing the same sin. Is is better to work your way through the alphabet of sins? No! If you have a persistent sin, you know who is your enemy and you can concentrate your struggle on it.” Bishop Ireneaos (Vasiliou) of Patara (+2009)

So, a persistent sin, correctly understood, can make us feel the need for God.

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