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Repentance

Both Christ Jesus and St. John the Forerunner began their ministries with the identical message of "repentance".  This is a translation of the Greek word metanoia, which means to turn around and set out in the opposite direction.  It is always used to signify a drastic change of life-direction, a "change of heart" which results in a change of life.  In repentance we change from seeking self gratification, which is our natural human tendency, to seeking after God