Demonic suggestions can subtly prepare the mind for lust without us noticing. Because these thoughts accumulate, we must continuously redirect our focus toward holy things to flee this sin. Never assume you have overcome this vice.
If I see one more person say that the term "Actus Purus" means essence and energies are identical, I'm going to have Saba ban twitter for the entire archdiocese.
@TheOrthoEnsign What about triple immersion? Would you argue that this is present in scripture at least virtually? St. Basil lists triple immersion as one of the traditions not found in the Holy Scriptures.
It is one thing to believe that God exists and another to know Him.
If someone has come to know God by the Holy Spirit, his soul will burn with love for God day and night, and his soul cannot be bound to any earthly thing.
- St. Silouan the Athonite, Writings, VIII.3
No matter how much we may study, it is not possible to come to know God unless we live according to His commandments, for God is not known by science, but by the Holy Spirit.
Many philosophers and learned men came to the belief that God exists, but they did not know God. -