Chapter

  1 Intro|           spiritual abba of countless people, including almost a whole~
  2 Intro|             contemporary Orthodox lay people, but which are not treated
  3 Intro|           common situation today! Lay people reading Confession should
  4 Intro|               Confession was written, people were closer to the roots
  5 1    |          finished my academic career, people begged me to write these
  6 1    |              overburdened by work and people, I have not managed to start~
  7 1    |     acknowledging the fact that these people chosen by God have the right
  8 1    |            and our relationships with people, it is not possible in all
  9 1    |         disposed and so involved~with people that their conversations
 10 1    |              as the voice of God, and people consider going against them
 11 1    |            torture as do ordinary lay people, be they simple or educated.
 12 1    |               the number of about 500 people, just so that they can burst
 13 1    |         chance to do so, but very few people turn out to be such bold
 14 1    |           horrifying, though for most people this will not be~new information.
 15 1    |             realize how receptive lay people~are to edifying advice when
 16 1    |            general. You see, whenever people have conversations outside
 17 1    |               merits. The majority of people consider their enemies to
 18 1    |         Answer: you must come to love~people, to love man at least in
 19 2    |              our crimes occur~because people do not want to stop and
 20 2    |           himself even to zealous lay people, “love seeks out the words
 21 2    |               of penitents: “Half the people~coming to confession are
 22 2    |             those who heard them were people of other faiths, not their
 23 2    |              of being repulsed by the people you try to exhort? Begin
 24 2    |             you and unseen by worldly people~— abundant waves of the
 25 2    |               of love, compassion for people, exultant~glorification
 26 3    |           temptations, keep away from people who incline~you towards
 27 3    |          succeed. When you have heard people’s confessions once or twice,
 28 3    |           spiritual father are not in people, not outside you, but in
 29 3    |            with such sympathy towards people and such~faith. I could
 30 3    |             such evangelical love for people from~ ~whom you constantly
 31 3    |             God together with all the people confessing, when you are
 32 4(1) |            churches~of the emigration people usually receive Communion
 33 4    |              on Sundays.” If not many~people take advantage of that which
 34 4    |              Christians. And now that people~have recognized you as an
 35 4    |              In the first one, exhort people to sincere repentance before
 36 4    |              zeal for salvation, when people stimulated each other to~
 37 4    |        nightfall all the four~hundred people who have come to confession?”~
 38 4    |        several times as new~groups of people enter the church during
 39 4    |          Further, if a whole~crowd of people is waiting in line for several
 40 4    |           during the blessing of many people after vespers on Forgiveness
 41 4    |                 a large number of the people do not leave church even~
 42 4    |            words.~The great number of people confessing does not make
 43 4    |              Besides this, explain to people on each confession day that
 44 5    |              on the Apostles.~Russian people do not go to monastery elders
 45 5    |              amid a crowd of~jostling people; but our spiritual fathers
 46 5    |           that~the Lord never lays on people a burden beyond their strength;
 47 6    |               advice at confession to people with various dispositions
 48 6    |              triumphant nihilism such people must~appear not infrequently
 49 6    |               strive to kill faith in people, but it cannot be that they
 50 6    |              against~God begins. Many people have read your Tolstoy and
 51 6    |               find~ ~out for you from people who do, if you really want
 52 6    |           senselessness of life; when people talk of denying Him, they
 53 6    |           from the usual one; usually people start talking about a~book
 54 6    |              part of a penitent. Many people confess that they cannot
 55 6    |               conversations~of stupid people. The priest should ask the
 56 6    |              this, obtain and give to people~to read the short but very
 57 7    |          articles of faith which some people cannot accept without difficulty;
 58 7    |               the souls of suspicious people~who love to examine all
 59 7    |            their heads. Inexperienced people begin in horror to~think
 60 8    |             often, and sometimes with people who are respected by those
 61 8    |             Sometimes at this moment, people (especially women) start
 62 8    |             stealing or doing evil to people? Or blaspheming?,” and so
 63 8    |             the~possibilities. Simple people sometimes cannot even give
 64 8    |             misfortune, and sometimes people~succumb to despondency simply
 65 8    |               feelings against God or people and admit that you are yourself
 66 8    |               of the devil or of evil people, and have~let yourself slip —
 67 9    |              and stony insensibility. People experience this~more often
 68 9    |          eternity. Thus in confession people admit to committing adultery,
 69 9    |          admonishing such unconcerned people, both during confession
 70 9    |        enemies of our~salvation. Some people accepted the preaching of
 71 9    |          there were great sinners and people of righteous~life. What
 72 9    |               pagan customs among~the people. He spent the last years
 73 9    |         virtue, which not only exalts people in the eyes of God,~but
 74 9    |             such good influences from people and books and such gifts
 75 10   |       carelessness are expressions of people’s irreligion, but even a
 76 10   |          delusion, but of course, lay~people who are zealous in outward
 77 10   |        Ukraine, both among the simple people~and in the so-called “enlightened
 78 10   |            both~of these self-deluded people and also of those who were
 79 10   |            especially because not~one people provides such fertile soil
 80 10   |            others.~ ~does the Russian people. The hero of one of Ostrovsky’
 81 10   |             do so. No~matter how much people are let down by his predictions,
 82 11   |              mentioned thus far place people outside the~Church, and
 83 11   |          outside the~Church, and such people have, in effect, to be received
 84 11   |           heartfelt good will towards people. The endless dispute of
 85 11   |       constantly quarrelling with the people at home, cannot live in
 86 11   |        terrible crimes~would occur if people did not give themselves
 87 11   |               your superiors. To some people it is not even useful to~
 88 11   |          material treasures that most people chase after. Thus they forget~
 89 12   |            out even with very cunning people who are otherwise~able to
 90 12   |             depths of the human soul? People talk about their sins, sinful
 91 12   |            which is repugnant to God.~People call these feelings “noble
 92 12   |              dangerous feeling, makes people so full of confidence~about
 93 12   |              amusing feeling, in that people laugh at it, and so it is~
 94 12   |              way in which thoughtless people who do~not notice the sinfulness
 95 12   |             ourselves do not motivate people with vainglory, especially
 96 12   |         vainglory, stirred up in rich people by the clergy, not infrequently
 97 12   |        heartfelt~sympathy. Frequently people who are reverent and humble-hearted
 98 12   |               read well in church and people praise them for it; when
 99 12   |              or in the altar; and lay people — to stop their social~and
100 12   |         bishops and even fleeing from people when they became famous
101 12   |               only the Lord, but also people who observe life intelligently
102 12   |           right and in order to teach people what is good,~and which
103 12   |             Titus 1:11). And so teach people to test their consciences
104 12   |                What should be said to people who are proud in the strict
105 12   |             not even seek praise from people? “What are~you proud of:
106 12   |           everything from the “great” people in the present revolution.
107 12   |              answered. ‘These are not people, they are~just beautiful
108 13   |               faith is despised,~only people who want to save their souls
109 13   |             marriage completely frees people from this struggle. Even
110 13   |               point, not infrequently people become agitated, blush,~ ~
111 13   |               know this, so they give people, such as~novices in convents,
112 13   |               elders, have known~many people who were long enslaved to
113 13   |               strongly on those young people who live~among comrades
114 13   |               Neither those perverted people who corrupt children and
115 13   |             later lived as honourable people~and good Christians. What
116 13   |             is the company of~certain people that is disastrous, while
117 13   |          hooliganism among the simple people. To suppress the voice~of
118 13   |              more successfully, young people turn to drink, foul language
119 13   |             dissolute and unbelieving people, these instruments of self-stupefaction
120 13   |              another reason why young people are forgetting the way to
121 13   |               and~mockery of innocent people together with crudely blaspheming
122 13   |            there were still plenty of people eager to carry them out,
123 13   |            and women as well as older people avidly to seek out~ ~and
124 13   |             not surprising that young people listen with such confidence~
125 13   |              a considerable number of~people who have preserved their
126 13   |          innocence. Priests also know people who have preserved their
127 13   |            the guilty woman and other people involved are~doomed to deprivation
128 13   |              that unrestrained single people~should be advised to contract
129 13   |      licentiousness does more to ruin people than a~family does, and
130 13   |            unto them”xxiv. Would such people be pleased if their spouse
131 13   |              also be~applied to grown people. Let them also stop believing
132 14   |               crimes are committed~by people who are either drunk, or
133 14   |         compassionate and~considerate people, who seem to be the best
134 14   |            who seem to be the best of people when they are sober, and
135 14   |       observer.~Anyone who knows such people more closely will tell you
136 14   |             hard drinking. When young people go on drinking sprees it
137 14   |          method of proof may be. When people~repent of sins like this,
138 14   |             passions for our Orthodox people,xxvii if~not the most harmful.
139 14   |       drinking bouts are able to hold people in their ignominious~captivity
140 14   |               it is said that even if people do this one can be fully
141 14   |            powerless and incorrigible people, on the one hand,~whining
142 14   |               and were not opposed by people~wishing them evil, as he
143 14   |              death itself. And I know people who were enslaved to the
144 15   |            has its~place mostly among people already struggling for their
145 15   |             their salvation. With lay people it is~most often expressed
146 15   |              But even among religious people,~taking care over their
147 15   |               toys, and some abnormal people find~satisfaction in aggravating
148 16   |   corresponding fall of truthfulness, people now form their opinions
149 17   |              coming to confession) as people wishing to devote their
150 17   |          Nevertheless, for many pious people who love the Church and~
151 17   |            These are not infrequently people with a strong will and self-control —~
152 17   |             man, “it’ll~hold a lot of people; but still, not so many
153 17   |               what is to be done with people who are well-intentioned
154 17   |            acts which self-interested people usually commit.~They are
155 17   |          seems that without deceiving people or ruining your~rival you
156 17   |              his oath~through fear of people or of poverty. In the same
157 17   |     especially careful about advising people to give money to the~Church
158 18   |           manage to repent. Even when people’s minds are not dominated
159 18   |   intellectual. Even among the simple~people there are not a few such
160 18   |             to be instilled into~such people? The fear of God? Sometimes (
161 18   |          condemned and exhorted these people with particular persistence.
162 18   |              four times a year.” Many people feel like this, although
163 18   |           false shame and fear before people? You know,~during the time
164 18   |         passing a church, not wanting people to know that they~are believers.
165 18   |             condemnation from God and people than~is a person who is
166 19   |            not used~to praying,” such people boldly answer, “but I live
167 19   |            who pray to God and devour people.” If a spiritual father
168 19   |            conscience of~contemporary people is sensitive to them — i.e.,
169 19   |               the law and despised by people, but man has pleasures that
170 19   |              purity. Have you advised people to~do anything evil or depraved?
171 19   |             their studies? When young~people lose their innocence, modesty
172 19   |           acquainted him with corrupt people. Nevertheless,~who does
173 19   |             with the habit of judging people without need. After this
174 19   |             considered praiseworthy — people openly make fun of obedience,
175 19   |              to mention~the fact that people have become villains almost
176 19   |         struggle did our Saviour lead people out of their former life~
177 20   |            concern a man’s life among~people, but only the secret recesses
178 20   |              speak out when you heard people make deliberately false
179 20   |              thought that most of the people you know do the same: there~
180 20   |            about the ignorance of the people — about the peasants~immersed
181 20   |           again, or else~ ~admit that people can reincarnate into a former
182 21   |         against~God and against other people, you will soon perceive
183 21   |                such as are offered by people leading a Churchcentered~
184 21   |         poison the mind of the Jewish people when~they cried out with
185 21   |           women and through them that people are thrown~onto the broad
186 21   |              your soul and~grieve the people you talk to, even if you
187 21   |             or the company of corrupt people who have~nothing against
188 21   |          grant me these.”xliv If only people thought, before~resolving
189 21   |         exposition of advice to guide people in their struggle~against
190 21   |               Fathers strictly forbid people to squeeze feelings of~prayerful
191 21   |      self-delusion. While they forbid people to force their~feelings,
192 22   | contemporaries.~And so, first of all, people must not be admitted to
193 22   |               to abandon mortal sin — people carrying on an illicit liaison,
194 22   |              well as doctors or other people who help them, sodomists,~
195 D    |        gatherings and thus distracted~people from attendance at church?~