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Today I visited Ilya Petrovich and had a gracious conversation with him. I prayed to the icon of the Lady, and the Most Pure, All-Good One heard me! And in the evening I sinned - I hit the poor girl on the cheek for being persistent, although I myself constantly ask the Lord for mercy every day, and He not only does not get angry, but also approves and loves me for it. Never! Help me, Lord, from now on not to be irritated with anyone or anything! Oh, damned me! I teach others not to be irritated, but I get irritated myself! I teach others to value everything as rubbish: money, sweets, etc., but I value them highly and because of them I insult my neighbor, I beat or think evil about my neighbor, I internally antagonize him, I think both that he lives in idleness, is engaged in empty affairs, etc., although he himself is the worst of all and the first is not even worth a piece of bread! Before the lower and the poor we are often disdainful and impudent, but before the highest and the rich and noble we are servile, obsequious, and soft. Why do we follow the rules, habits, and customs of an adulterous and sinful world? My God! Everything in the world is contrary to the Gospel, everything is contrary to Your truth. Why are the poor and humble, worthy of special pity, despised? Why are the rich, often unworthy of respect, revered? Why this idolatry in Christianity, where there is neither Greek nor Jew... slave, free, but Christ is everything and in everything [Col. 3, 11 ]? Instill in students how people miserably perish without faith and piety. Chebunkin is an officer who graduated from the Navigation School. I teach you faith and good works. Did you teach? Let's do an experiment, a test. This is how things are tested [...] and various instruments - pencil, pen, etc. Although we are sinners, we all say to the Heavenly Father: Our Father, and He also calls us children, therefore, do not hesitate to call your disciples and parishioners children, although they sin against you: after all, they, like you, have an instigator to evil - the devil. Do not be afraid of their evil. Inexorable need forces beggars to be impudent in asking for alms. Do not eat fish, especially raw meat, but eggs and milk. It’s good to eat pies with fresh cabbage (and fish) and dry raspberries. Cranberry juice with tea and black bread is good. Don't eat meat, eat fried herring with potatoes, drink a glass of sherry. Run coffee and tea - these are whims. Beware of excess in food and drink, lest you kindle the fire of hell within yourself through excess. Through abstinence, be always united with God. Do not drink hot tea with cream and white bread. A voluptuous, sated life is the reason for materialism or a material view of man, his soul, his life, the reason for denying the existence of God, the reason for disrespect for the rights of our neighbor as a being with equal rights with us, as a member in the great body of society, as a member of Christ. Sated people, instead of thanking God day and night for the multitude of His bounties poured out on them, from satiety they forgot and attributed all the blessings of life to themselves, to their labors, to their ability to obtain them, and not to God, and God, for their pride, gave over to a perverted mind - to do indecent things [Rom. 1, 28]. Everything decays from consumption [Col. 2:22]: do not deal with this decay - food, drink, clothing, household utensils, do not put your heart into them. Prolonged sleep is harmful and can become a snare of the devil. Oh, how many dangers there are in life! What do women do? Judgments and gossip, and in order to have more reserve for judgment and condemnation, for this they find out where which wedding is being celebrated, in order to look closely at the bride and groom, to see what they were wearing, how they stood under the aisle, how they walked around the lectern. All this then forms the subject of judgment. This is why people go to church during a wedding, and not to pray for the newlyweds. It is good to strengthen hearts with grace, and not with foods from which those who engage in them do not benefit [Heb. 13, 9]. If the Lord blesses, next year we need to take a dacha outside the city from Sidorov or along the Transverse Alley. It’s wonderful – close and fresh air. Do not eat pasta, meat, or pies. Except in cases of extreme weakness, do not eat fasting food during Lent. You can even not eat at all for a day, or eat some black bread. Because of our satiety, we stink of carrion and there is no heartfelt prayer in us, no repentance, no tears, no remembrance of the Last Judgment [...]. Not eating herring fish is terribly annoying. Do not eat floury or fatty foods (brain, fat). Do not eat salted cod. [Orlova received little reward. He didn’t give it to Lavrov for confessing in church.] Do not indulge in sweets: there is fornication in them, as in drunkenness. Eat as little salty food as possible, because salty food is heavy drinking and burdensome. At night, eat and drink as little as possible, especially when you don’t have a walk; in general, observe extreme measure, moderation in food and drink (enough to eat well once a day), especially at night; Eat homogeneous bread, not enough. Don't drink cream. There is no meat at all at night. Eat as little butter as possible and in general eat less of everything, especially at night and before religious services. Mr. Dr. Werner drinks only one glass of tea in the morning and in the evening. Here's an example! And we, priests, partakers of the Divine Body and Blood, put our pleasure in tea and drink three or four glasses! It’s good to drink a little simple wine with love, and then wash it down with tea. Do not eat sweet foods - sweet jelly and other things. Pearl barley soup with roots and quick butter. Potato jelly, oatmeal. Sago 93. Cucumbers. Potato. This is during fasting and fasting times. Avoid sweet tea or snacks and drink as little as possible. Very annoying. Instead, honey or sour cabbage soup, Bavarian kvass is better. Black bread with empty tea is a bad thing, burdensome, or sweet tea with a roll or cream, but not with milk and butter. Having drunk tea at a party, do not drink it again at home and do not make people and demons laugh when they notice all your actions. October 15(18?) [...]. On this day the father-in-law was promoted to priest, and on the same day his father-in-law died. Drink as little tea as possible; milk and black bread are best. And during Lent, rather than drinking sweet tea and eating jam, milk with black bread is better for health and peace of mind. And black bread with milk weighs heavily on the heart. Not eating sweet potato jelly is just bliss and unhealthy. The taste spoils. Drinking a lot of strong tea is extremely harmful: the insides are paralyzed and irritated. You should drink no more than two glasses of light tea. Sago is a cereal made from starch obtained from the core of the trunk of the sago tree and some other palm trees, as well as an artificial cereal made from potato or corn starch. You might be interested in: