It's a full year since I was here, and what a year! I'll get to the details by and by. For now, it's the beginning of Lent, the most special time of the year (I think), being a time of renewal. On which note I would like to share the following quote, which someone (thank God!) shared with me yesterday:
Be attentive to yourself, so that nothing destructive can separate you from the love of God. Guard your heart, and do not grow listless. For when a man abandons his sins and returns to God, his repentance regenerates him and renews him entirely.
~St. Isaac the Solitary (from the Philokalia)
These are lenten thoughts: attentiveness, closing the separation with God, the state of the heart. And of course, repent, repent, repent, with the hope of being renewed ENTIRELY. I needed that.
Yours, with hope, etc.
