'Anxiety is the Devil'
2025-09-21
''St. Gabriel of Georgia, the fool for Christ, once said, 'if you could see what grace descends during the liturgy in church you would gather the dust from the floor and wash your face with it. But many of us live a life cut off from the church, only coming when we need something or on a special occasion. By living outside of the embrace of the church we cut ourselves off from the grace and peace of God that drives away anxiety. And we wonder why things go wrong in our families. The church offers us the living water that becomes in us a fountain of water springing up to everlasting life. But we must replenish it. You don't go to a well only once. It is in the church that the divine grace and energy are replenished in us''