Fr. Sophrony Sakharov of Essex, based on the experience of Saint Silouan the Athonite, talks about humility as a condition of receiving the grace. Fr. Sophrony: "Lowering oneself... this is a great spiritual act before God. Even our Lord humbled Himself [Philippians 2:8]. We read in our father [St. Silouan] the following words: "Grace lives in the…
Fr. Sophrony Sakharov of Essex, based on the experience of Saint Silouan the Athonite, talks about humility as a condition of receiving the grace.
Fr. Sophrony:
“Lowering oneself… this is a great spiritual act before God. Even our Lord humbled Himself [Philippians 2:8].
We read in our father [St. Silouan] the following words: “Grace lives in the little ones, not in the great ones”.
This is how the Lord gave him to understand: the more humble is a man,
the more deep he enters the struggle of emptying oneself,
the higher his state before God,
and the greater his capacity to receive the great grace.”
It's true really
Амин!
"Grace lives in the little ones, not in the great ones." One sentence, spoken with humility and honesty, contains more than theological books, lectures, sermons, written or spoken with pride by academic theologians, hierarchs, university or seminary professors who have never experienced the this Grace.