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The Joy of the Holy: Saint Seraphim of Sarov and Orthodox Spiritual Life is unavailable, but you can change that!

“The goal of Christian life is the acquisition of the grace of the Holy Spirit.” This popular saying of St. Seraphim of Sarov serves as the basis for his teaching on the spiritual life—especially relevant for the faithful of contemporary society who strive to lead spiritual lives. Today, his teaching is attracting a remarkable amount of attention, due to the very practical way he presents the...

the idea of God’s appearance among men did not seen strange to them. Thus, when his friends rebuked Job for blaspheming God, he answered them, ‘How can that be when I feel the Almighty in my nostrils?’1 In other words, ‘How can I be blaspheming God when the Holy Spirit is abiding within me? If I had blasphemed God, the Holy Spirit would have abandoned me; but look! I feel His breath in my nostrils!’ The same was said of Abraham and Jacob, when they saw and spoke to the Lord. Jacob even wrestled with
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