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by Aurelian Iftimiu (on Patriarch Daniel of Romania) –
\n\u2018Repentance is an effort for inner change, not a simple regret,\u2019 His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel [of Romania] said in his Sunday homily at St Gregory the Enlightener Chapel of his Patriarchal Residence.<\/p>\n
His Beatitude noted that repentance does not simply imply saying \u2018I\u2019m sorry\u2019 and moving on, \u2018it is an effort to change the way of thinking, of speaking and of acting.\u2019<\/p>\n
In this regard, the Patriarch recalled that many saints \u2018were originally thieves and criminals, but through repentance they changed themselves and became wonderworking Saints.\u2019 \u2018Some of them used to be decadent, as Mother Mary of Egypt who through much repentance became a Saint. When praying she rose from the ground because she was more related to heaven than to earth,\u2019 Patriarch Daniel said Jan. 13.<\/p>\n
Repentance is an effort for inner change, not a simple regret<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Repentance is a noiseless, inner change<\/strong> True repentance, the patriarch said, \u2018is a work of painful rebirth for man, of kneading the sinful clay to become a vessel of the Holy Spirit. It is a work of crucifixion of human selfishness and a spiritual revival of his love for God and for others.\u2019<\/p>\n repentance is a lifelong endeavour<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Repentance: continuous humility<\/strong> Therefore, \u2018repentance must be a constant of Christian life, a permanent cleansing of the sins committed in thought, word or deed to gain salvation and saintliness as gifts of the Kingdom of God,\u2019 the patriarch added.<\/p>\n The doors of repentance open doors to the Kingdom of God<\/strong> Light of Theophany is the light of our life and of the entire universe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In his homily delivered on the Sunday after Theophany, Patriarch Daniel spoke about the relation between the Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ and the light of His Gospel, as well as about the link between the Sacraments of Baptism and Repentance as gates to the Kingdom of God.<\/p>\n \u2018The Light of Theophany is the light of our life and of the entire universe.\u2019 \u2018The Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ in Jordan river shows us that man is at the centre of the care and love of the Most Holy Trinity,\u2019 Patriarch Daniel said ending his speech. by Aurelian Iftimiu (on Patriarch Daniel of Romania) – \u2018Repentance is an effort for inner change, not a simple regret,\u2019 His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel [of Romania] said in his Sunday homily at St Gregory the Enlightener Chapel of his Patriarchal Residence. His Beatitude noted that repentance does not simply imply saying \u2018I\u2019m sorry\u2019 and moving … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":497,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68,5,130,141,126,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-orthodox-christianity","category-orthodox-church","category-sermons","category-theology","category-wisdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Patriarch of Romania went on to say that true repentance is done mystically, silently, not in front of other people to receive their appreciation. \u2018Genuine repentance is a change,\u2019 His Beatitude said, \u2018but not a change made with trumpets, with advertising.\u2019 \u2018This change is mystical, noiseless, and with much humility.\u2019<\/p>\n
\nThe Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church also referred to the fact that \u2018repentance is a lifelong endeavour\u2019 that helps attain to humility. \u2018He who boasts about his repentance, his virtues, his spiritual progress shows that he did not fully understand that there is no Christian life without permanent repentance,\u2019 His Beatitude said.<\/p>\n
\nPointing to salvation, the Patriarch of Romania said that \u2018repentance is the only thing that opens the doors to the Kingdom of God.\u2019 \u2018The doors of repentance are the doors of the Kingdom of God,\u2019 the patriarch explained, adding that \u2018through repentance, man is emptied of selfish love and is filled with Christ\u2019s humble and merciful love.\u2019<\/p>\n
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\nExcerpts from: Basilica.ro<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"