Showing posts with label remembrance of death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label remembrance of death. Show all posts

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Of Darkened Minds forgetting about Death.

"Our mind is so darkened by the fall that unless we force ourselves to remember death we can completely forget about it. When we forget about death, then we begin to live on earth as if we were immortal..." - Bp. Brianchaninov

Or, as Fr. Sophrony recalls it, "Keep your mind in hell, but despair not"