Hieromonk Seraphim Rose: God expects more from Orthodox Christians

The post is a prayer asking Hieromonk Seraphim Rose to intercede, paired with a quotation from him. In the quoted passage he warns that Christians everywhere are tempted to take the easy path: to seek peace and security, to flee from pain and affliction, and to treat life as an occasion for enjoying earthly blessings. Against this he sets the Christian understanding of life as a time of trial in which our eternal destiny is to be decided.

He states that God expects more than this from those who glory in the name of Orthodox Christians. The post is a short devotional item: a plea for his prayers together with his own words on how an Orthodox Christian should view earthly life. There is no further discussion in the post; it consists of the prayer, the quotation, and a note that the text is from a sermon of St. Peter.