“Here is a society of men of the world : they go on talking and talking, for the greater part amusing themselves with trifles, and there is no mention of God… But what is still more surprising is that even persons deeming themselves pious, themselves luminaries, seldom speak of God, of Christ the Savior, of the preciousness of time, of abstinence, of the resurrection from the dead, of judgment, of future bliss and everlasting torments, either in their family circle or amongst men of the world, but often spend their time in futile conversations, games, and occupations”
(St John of Kronstadt, ‘My Life in Christ’)
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