I don\'t know what to say. I am a sinner, too. I wouldn\'t say I am less proud than Saint Paul. He said of himself, \"I am the chief of sinners\". But look at all the good things He did. He sacrificed all for Christ. Christ was His every thought? Are any of us today quite like that. While it is not necessary to be or remain unmarried like many or some of the Apostles did, they took little thought for the things people pursue today. Which of us can give up family and friends for Christ. We need each other. But as long as we each of us never put anything above or more important than our love for Christ, all will be okay, as long as God is with us, and gives us all good things in His time. And besides, He gives us free will, so we are not forced to live this way or that. Our choices shape the directions of our lives; however, we literally cannot work our own salvation; that\'s Pelagianism. But to accomplish anything, we must cooperate with God, and with each other. It is a beautiful thing for people to be friends, or for a man and woman who are Christian to marry each other in Christ. And it is an honorable thing to marry. As is the life of the monastics, for those who are given this possibility by the Holy Spirit.
Everything depends on God. If we do not give up, no matter how badly we have sinned, God may still liberate us from our weaknesses and our past sins. The thing is to do better today, and forget about yesterday, once we have confessed sins to God, and to our spiritual father(s), as often as we can.
Take care.
God bless you.
Even in Cuba, there can be freedom if
you have Christ as your Helper and Advocate. God save all of you.
God bless us all.
God bless America.
Always,
Scott
One can\'t outsin the love of God if one truly turns away from all one\'s past sins and begins to ask God: HELP ME GOD! I CAN\"T SAVE MYSELF! SAVE ME, DEAR GOD, FOR THE SAKE OF OUR LORD GOD AND SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST, THROUGH THE PRAYERS OF THY MOST PURE MOTHER! AMEN.
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