Many go to confession, but few repent.
Many speak, but they do not change. And then the mystery of confession loses
its power. Because it is not enough to tell your mistakes. You must suffer for them.
Before you approach the rock, the heart must first be humbled.
Saint Paisios said, "Confession without repentance is like washing
clothes in mud. Simple words, but profound. Because many of us
go to confession without having changed our hearts. We say the words,
we undo our actions, but we have no pain within us for the evil
we have done. And then our soul is not cleansed. It remains immersed in the same
passions. Confession is not a formal
procedure. It is a sacred mystery. It is a moment when the soul meets Christ.
But without humility and sincerity, this meeting cannot take place.
Saint Paisios warned. When you go to confession without
Being crushed
is like saying Christ. Yes, I did, but it doesn't matter. And this hurts the heart of God. True confession begins before
We reach the spiritual. It begins when a person sees clearly within himself. When
He hurts for the evil. When he wants to change. Not out of fear but out of love.
The saint said repentance is not words. It is a change of mind. A change of life. If
If you don't change, you haven't truly repented. How many times do we go and say the same things, the
same sins, the same habits, and then we leave the way we came.
This happens because we haven't yet hurt inside. We don't have a crush.
Confession without tears. Not the external tears, but the
tears of the heart. Saint Paisios said something
shocking. When a person goes to confession and
says his mistakes honestly without making excuses,
Then God grants him his grace. But when he says them with pride or
indifference, he leaves as he came. Unrighteous. Confession is not a list of mistakes.
It is a cry of the soul. It is the moment when the person says, "Lord, I made a mistake, don't
reject me, I want to return." Then the God embraces the soul like
a father, and his peace floods man.
But the saint emphasized something else. Don't go to confession just to
Rest your conscience. Go so that your soul may be healed.
Because many of us go to untangle ourselves, to say the words, to quiet ourselves a little inside
, but we don't change anything, and so we return to the same things. But
Confession is not relief; it is rebirth.
Saint Paisios used to say, True repentance is a fire that burns inside you.
It doesn't let you do the same things again. If you don't suffer, you don't change, and this
Pain, the pain of repentance, is blessed. Because through it,
peace, joy, and the grace of God are born. When a person goes
to confession with sincerity, then the Holy Spirit acts, opens the heart,
illuminates the mind, and gives strength not to fall into the same mistakes again. The saint
said, the spiritual is not a judge. He is a doctor, but the patient must
Tell the truth in order to be healed. This is the secret. Let us not hide from
God. Let us tell the truth and let it hurt. Because the truth sets free and
Humility attracts grace. When you go to confession and say, "Lord, I am
a sinner, but you can heal me," then heaven opens.
Saint Paisios also said, "The greatest joy that Christ feels is
when he sees a person sincerely repent. Because then the devil loses
one of his own, and heaven gains a soul.
Therefore, before you go to confession, sit alone for a while, close your eyes, be silent
and say to yourself, Lord, show me my mistakes. Enlighten my heart so that
I may understand how I have grieved you. If you do this with humility, then you will
go to confession not as a formal obligation but as a return to
your father's house. Confession is the opening of the soul to God. It is the
forgiveness that opens heaven. And only then does the peace of God dwell
within you. Saint Paisios used to say, "Whoever goes
to confession with pain and love, leaves with wings in his soul." So don't let
Confession becomes a habit. Don't go if your heart is
still hard. Don't go just to finish.
Go when you are ready to say, "Lord, change me. I want to be yours
"Because at that moment Christ will not judge you; he will embrace you.
Remember, confession without repentance does not cleanse, but repentance, even
If you do not have time to say a word, it is enough to move God. Because
The heart that is humbled is the most beautiful temple where his grace dwells.
Saint Paisios used to say, "Confession is the mystery of the resurrection of the
soul. When you repent, you are not the same person. You become new."
So let us remember, before we go to confession, let us first cleanse
our heart. Let us correct what inside us does not want to change. And when we go
With sincerity, God will not be slow to embrace us.
And remember something else. God does not expect your perfection. He expects
your sincerity. He does not ask for beautiful words, but a humble heart. You may
fall again, you may become weak, but if you get up with repentance and say, "Lord,"
Forgive me, then you become his child every time from the beginning. Because Christ
never rejects the one who returns with pain and love.
No matter how far you have gone, one step of repentance is enough to bring you back into
his arms. This is the miracle of confession.
That the soul that yesterday was immersed in darkness, today can shine again
in the light of grace. Glory to God who does not abandon us
in our falls, but awaits us with open arms to lift us up again,
to wipe away our tears and to clothe us with the light of his grace. Because
Even from the deepest darkness, Christ can give birth to light. Amen.
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