Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives The Life and Teaching of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica Chapter 6 On Repentance

Repentance is the renewal of life. This means we must free ourselves of all our negative traits and turn toward absolute good. No sin is unforgivable except the sin of the unrepentant. We need to repent. Repentance is not just going to a priest and confessing. We must free ourselves from the obsession of thoughts. There are tears of repentance, when a person realizes his sinfulness, they weep. These tears are a gift from God. When a person realizes his sinfulness, he gradually frees himself from the cares of this world and leaves all his cares to the Lord. Prayer requires a completely carefree life , for even the slightest worry can disrupt prayer as the fathers say. When we...