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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...

within you.’1 By saying the Kingdom of God, the Lord meant the grace of the Holy Spirit. This Kingdom of God is now within us, and the grace of the Holy Spirit shines down upon us and warms us from without as well. It fills the surrounding air with many sweet fragrances, sweetens our senses with heavenly delights and floods our hearts with indescribable joy. Our present state is just what the Apostle describes when he says, ‘The Kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and
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