Lent will begin (especially the first week of Lent), and, unfortunately, most of us will be as angry as dogs.
Why? Suddenly everything changed! Where is this protein food? Where is this sausage? Where is this cheese? Where is this kefir? Where are these cakes and ice cream? The whole mood fell… And everyone around fell, and everything around is not this way and not that way, and services, and this and that — when a person perceives it purely externally.
Yes, this is the time of cleansing! From excess bodily and spiritual waste. Rejoice!
But for those who are not in the mood (many are not in the mood during the first week of fasting), I recommend eating sweets. For what? To lift your spirits.
Why? So that it doesn’t turn out like that saying: “When at least one righteous person appears in a family, everyone else becomes martyrs.”
Mood is extremely important in spiritual life! Courage is half the victory!
— Archimandrite Melchizedek (Artyukhin)
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