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The Dismantling of the Religious Self Four Lenten Reflections on Delusion, Abandonment, and the Life That Remains in God REGISTER NOW “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” John 12:24 The fathers do not speak often about religious achievement. They speak, instead, about truth. About humility. About the slow purification of the heart. Not because religion is empty, but because the human heart is complex.

Charism, fracture, and the call to repentance in wounded spiritual communities “Where there is no repentance, there is no life.” — St Sophrony of Essex ⸻ Forgiveness Sunday As the Church approaches Great Lent, she places on our lips the words Forgive me . This is not a polite exchange. It is a spiritual crossing. We cannot step into the fast while carrying our enemies with us. We cannot ask God for healing while refusing it to one another. Forgiveness Sunday does not erase wo