Answer to the dying woman who does not suspect the approach of death; answer to her perplexity –“I am prepared neither for life nor for death.”
We cannot lead a genuine and dignified life here without preparing ourselves for death, without continually meditating upon the thought of eternal life.
How pathetic the complacency of our outlook on this present life is!
The insubstantial little island of our “normal” existence will be washed away in the worlds beyond the tomb.
Here is the source of sin and folly – an aimless self-will instead of voluntary and spontaneous submission to the Law of obedience.
Fr. Alexander Elchinanov