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Pray for me a sinner,
Gleanings from Orthod...Hello,<br />Pray for me a sinner,<br />Gleanings from Orthodox authors and Holy Fathers,<br />Your enemy,<br /> the evil one,<br /> the father of lies,<br /> does not slumber; and endeavors, by every means open to him,<br /> to harden your heart --- to make it false and crafty,<br /> to drive out from it faith and hope in God - together with love for Him and love and sympathy for your neighbor - and to occupy you with worldly, temporal interests. Watch yourself,<br /> watch the thoughts of your heart, and do not bind yourself in the chains of worldly desires and pleasures.<br /> Let your happiness be in the one God and the human soul. St. John of Kronstadt (+1908)<br />It is always possible to make a new start by means of repentance. 'For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again' (Prov. 24:16).<br /> And if you fall again,<br /> then rise again,<br /> without despairing at all of your salvation,<br /> no matter what happens.<br /> So long as you do not surrender yourself willingly to the enemy, your patient endurance,<br /> combined with self-reproach,<br /> will suffice for your salvation. 'For we ourselves were also once foolish,<br /> disobedient,<br />'says St. Paul, '...not by works of righteousness which we have done,<br /> but according to His mercy He saved us'<br /> (Tit. 3:3,5). ''St. Peter of Damaskos.<br />Lord have mercy on me a sinner,<br />ICXC NIKA<br />eleni<br />pray for me a sinner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com