Everywhere we see that the fervor of Christians has cooled and faith has been exchanged for mere opinion. Christians pray, attend church, sometimes fast a little, spend money on religious externals, etc.
People have no sense of sin.
Everyone is sinning every day, and repenting not at all. When we do religious acts, we are lukewarm, because we have no compunction for our sinfulness. This small article, has only one theme, Metanoia, because we cannot recall it often enough. Our spiritual ancestors sought and received the gift of tears. We never even think of such a thing.