“Taking up the Cross and following the footsteps of Christ is not merely a formal compliance with a set of external religious or charitable acts…These acts, however, cannot be some sort of mechanical or self-affirming performance. Rather they must proceed from the depths of the heart, a heart turned completely toward Christ. Our Lord wants His followers hot, not lukewarm , as hot as the flames that burn before icons of His saints…”
(Archbishop Dmitri of Dallas and the South, 2013 comments)