Orthodox Quote for December 5
“We lack zeal, but the Lord can give it for striving for Him. We must ask that the Lord would grant us strong faith and we must force ourselves to real prayer, and not to simply reading the prayers. We must force ourselves to do works of faith, to try to live according to the spirit, and not the letter, because the Spirit is life-creating. And we must be Christians everywhere—beginning in the kitchen and ending in church.”
(Fr. Alexander Veretelnikov in pravoslavie.ru)