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(2 Cor. 4:13–18; Matt. 24:27–33, 42–51) “Watch, because you do not know at what hour your Lord will come” (Matthew 24:42). If this were remembered, there would be no sinners, but meanwhile, I don’t remember, although everyone knows that this is undoubtedly true. Even the most strict ascetics were not able to freely retain the memory of this, but managed to attach it to their consciousness so that it would not go away: some kept the coffin in their cells, some begged their companions in the feat to ask about the coffin and the grave, some kept pictures of death and judgment, others how. Death does not touch the soul, it does not remember it. But in every possible way, what immediately follows death cannot but touch the soul; She cannot help but care about this, since this is the decision of her fate for all eternity. Why doesn't she remember this? She deceives herself that it won’t be soon and that, perhaps, somehow things won’t go badly for us. Bitter! There is no doubt that the soul that holds such thoughts is negligent and indulges itself, so how can one think that the trial will go favorably for it? No, you have to behave the way a student who is about to take an exam behaves: no matter what he does, the exam never leaves his mind; Such mindfulness does not allow him to waste a minute in vain, and he uses all the time to prepare for the exam. If only we could tune in like that! You might be interested in: