“And how can we explain it when we must meet our friend or an important person in this temporary life, we go to him dressed as best as we can; but when we’re talking about meeting God in His coming, we do not prepare the soul to meet Him dressed in shining virtues and good deeds…Is it reasonable to care about everything but the soul? To leave to desolation the very thing that is eternal in us?”
(Archimandrite Vasile Vasilache+,  homily)