Nowadays, we are increasingly afraid of the mark of the Antichrist, which will come at a time we do not know whether we will live to see. But few people even think about the mark of our personal sin. Yet it is precisely this mark that gives a person over to the power of the Antichrist's elements and deeds and is the true prototype of the mark that we should really fear!
And nothing divine will pass through this terrible seal of sin, with which we stamp our minds and hearts every day.
The Lord, knowing our weakness, gave us repentance—deliverance from sin. But this purification of the soul, mind, and heart is accomplished only in the Church, only in the Sacraments. - Archimandrite John (Krestyankin)
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