Readings with Thaddeus jacfalcon

Fr Seraphim rose talks about Alexander Solzhenitsyn and how suffering is the beginning of the spiritual life, as it burns away our selfishness and helps us desire what is truly good.

"Why is the truth, it would seem, revealed to some and not to others? [...] God's revelation is given to something called a loving heart."

Fr Seraphim tells the story of St Nicetas, who in his younger days was deceived by demons because he trusted his own powers to lead him to God and to truth, and who introduces the theme of truth-seeking in a world where one can be dangerously wrong.

Hieromonk Damascene explains the context of the talk that Fr Seraphim Rose gave in Santa Cruz, California which makes up the content of the book.

I'm reading aloud to help myself read, and multiplying my investment by recording it so you can listen!

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