https://www.stjohnthebaptist.org.au/en/articles/devout.html Truly beautiful portrait of the Saint Bishop Augustinos Excerpted from Devout Syngletiki Our time, my beloved, our time is a time of fearful apostasy, of a falling away from God. Many signs bear this out. Among the signs that cry out that the world strayed from the path of God is also the aversion, the disgust, the hatred that the modern world feels for whatever the Lord dictates, and indeed toward the virginal life. The virginal life is that which Christ loved above all, is that which he preached as the supreme height of evangelical virtue, and toward it he invited and invites those souls who want to live a superior life. When it comes to the virginal life, which is a fragrant blossom of evangelical virtue, the world expresses disdain for it. When it is heard that a young boy or girl, from among thousands of young boys and girls, decided to follow the path of perfect self-denial, of totalitarian devotion to the Lord, the...
