As Long As We Are Not Within God, We Are In Hell (Hieroschemamonk Raphael Noica)

'You can say great things, but if they are not in The Spirit of God, they are lies.'

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The reality of hell is the state I am in right now, according to the measure I am not within God and God is not within me. As long as we are not within God, we are in hell.

Without God, we necessarily sin. Saint Silouan says: "without God, man is sinning earth". And, sin is not being within God.

We must discover what prevents us from being within God and getting there; how to overcome that.

-From Hieroschemamonk Rafail Noica. Father Raphael is a disciple of Saint Sophrony (Sakharov) of Essex.

-Selection and translation by Ioan (John) Calineac.