A significant reason why the Earth and Mankind doesn't face an immediate apocalypse is because of the nonstop prayers of the women in this picture. Our nuns and mother superiors are constantly before the Face of God for all mankind.
Through Grace
God in His entirety
penetrates the saints in their entirety,
and the saints in their entirety
penetrate God entirely,
exchanging the whole of Him for themselves,
and acquiring Him alone as the reward
of their ascent towards Him.
St Gregory Palamas (+1359)
„Those who will remain Christians until the end will be few, but they will be more resolute and more steadfast in faith.
Many will give up their possessions, their cars, in order to preserve their faith. They will have only what is strictly necessary to survive, so as not to die of hunger.
Christians will be thoroughly searched, investigated, so that everything about them is known. There will be much intimidation and much fear, but among those who will confess Christ until the very end, there will be a great deal of optimism and a great deal of courage.”
St. Sophian Boghiu