It's Later Than You Think | Fr Seraphim Rose | Modern Orthodox Saint | Memento Mori | Black White and Red High Contrast | Christian Black MugOur times, above all, call for humble and quiet labors, with love and sympathy for other strugglers on the path of the Orthodox spiritual life and a deep resolve that does not become discouraged because the atmosphere is unfavorable. We Christians of the latter times are still called to work persistently on ourselves, to be obedient to spiritual fathers and authorities, to lead an orderly life with at least a minimum of spiritual discipline and with

his days are as the grass

and prevent the “worm that never sleeps” (Mark 9:48) from breeding within them

Unlike the sun

and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True

* “From the days of John the Baptist until now

I will bring upon you the breath of life: and I will lay sinews upon you

- 2 Corinthians 5:17

their like has never been before

And the apostles rejoiced because they had seen the glory of the divinity

either with God for eternity

- John 15:1-8 (KJV)

O ye mountains thunder forth your joy