Monthly Archives: December 2011
Warfare of the mind….
From St. Pachomius (Pachomian Koinonia III; Cistercian Publications pg. 14): “When a thought oppresses you, do not be downhearted, but put up with it in courage, saying, ‘They swarmed around me closer and closer, but I drove them back in … Continue reading
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Effectual Prayer
From Lorenzo Scupoli (Unseen Warfare, ed. by Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain and Rev. by Theophan the Recluse; SVS Press pg. 202): “… if a man prays God for some virtue, and at the same time gives himself up to … Continue reading
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