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“This is perhaps the hardest truth of any to grasp. Do we wake up every morning amazed that we are loved by God?”
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“And just as Christ is always drawing his people closer to himself, so in Christ-centered marriage each spouse is constantly endeavoring to provide an atmosphere in the home which helps the other to draw closer to Christ, to be always flourishing in the spiritual life. This certainly is another tremendously important reason for marriage. As the Monk Moses of Mt. Athos states, “Two people come to the communion of marriage to help one another in their salvation.” Fr. Alexander Elchaninov hints at this with these remarkable words:
“In marriage the festive joy of the first day should last for the whole of life: every day should be a feast day; every day husband and wife should appear to each other as new, extraordinary beings. The only way of achieving this: let both deepen their spiritual life, and strive hard in the task of self-development.”
― Glory and Honor: Orthodox Christian Resources on Marriage
“In marriage the festive joy of the first day should last for the whole of life: every day should be a feast day; every day husband and wife should appear to each other as new, extraordinary beings. The only way of achieving this: let both deepen their spiritual life, and strive hard in the task of self-development.”
― Glory and Honor: Orthodox Christian Resources on Marriage
“When humanity, rather than the God-man Christ, becomes the deliverer, we clearly see the articulation of a new religion. For Christians, Christ is the center of all being. For those seeking new experiences, existence becomes a search for the fleeting satisfaction of desire and the pursuit of “inspiration,” which amounts to a movement away from the spiritual and toward the emotional. In such a state, the emotional can seem all-consuming and worth the sacrifice of surrendering self-control to this tide of emotion.”
― Glory and Honor: Orthodox Christian Resources on Marriage
― Glory and Honor: Orthodox Christian Resources on Marriage
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