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against, the law of our mind. Instead it must die as a slave to a good service. For the flesh dies when the Spirit swallows its wisdom. Then it no longer has a taste for the things of the flesh, but for the things of the Spirit. I want to see my flesh weakening. I don’t want to the dragged into captivity to the bondage of sin. I don’t want to live in the flesh, but in the faith of Christ! So then, there is greater grace in the body’s pain than in its health. - St. Ambrose + You shall not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven if you will not become a king over your lust and thoughts. - Abba Dorotheus + We must not pursue foolish, vain or worldly things, or yield to fear in the midst of trouble. We are, no doubt, flattered by deception and weighed down by troubles, but because “the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.” ... So then, whether we fight against the world’s ambition, the lusts of the flesh, or against the darts of heresy, we must always arm ourselves with the Lord’s Cross. - Pope Leo of Rome + If our physician, God in Christ, having rescued us from our desires, regulates our flesh with His own wise and temperate rule, it is evident that He guards it from sins because it has a hope of salvation, just as physicians do not allow people whom they hope to save, to indulge in whatever pleasures they desire. - St. Justin Martyr + He who is ruled by lust of money is judged covetous, even though he possesses nothing at all. He who lusts after many and costly dishes is a glutton, even though he, on account of poverty, feeds on nothing but bread and water. He who is an adulterer or fornicator, who attaches himself to his imaginations, is so defiled, even though he has never seen the face of anyone. So too, he who says in his heart, “This has been done badly, and has not turned out right, and “Why has this happened? Why hasn’t this happened?” -le t him not deceive himself. He is a slanderer and will be judged as one who condemns, even though he does not utter a single word with his tongue and no one hears his voice. - St. Symeon the New Theologian + Of course, it would be easier to get to paradise on a full stomach, all snuggled up, as in a feather- bed, but what is required is to carry one’s Cross along the way, for the Kingdom of God is not attained by enduring one or two troubles, but many! - Anthony, Elder of Optina + Do not pay attention to fantasies or dreams, but be guided by trust in the all- powerful grace of Christ. - Elder Moses of Optina -25-
+ A young monk confessed to his elder, “My unclean thoughts are about to kill me.” The elder replied, “Do you know what mothers do when they want to wean their young babies? They put a bitter herb on their breast. Likewise for you, instead of some bitter substance keep the memory of death and eternal damnation before you and you will immediately cut- off any unclean thought. - <strong>Fr</strong>om the Desert <strong>Fathers</strong> + If you are friendly with someone who happens to commit the sin of fornication, offer him your hand, if you can, and deliver him from it. But if he falls into heresy and you cannot dissuade him from abandoning his false beliefs, separate yourself quickly from him, in case, if you delay, you too may be dragged down with him into the pit. -Abba Theodore + We truly love God and keep His Commandments if we restrain ourselves from our pleasures. For he who still gives himself to unlawful desires certainly does not love God, since he contradicts Him in his own intentions...Therefore, he loves God truly, whose mind is not conquered by consent to evil delight. For the more one takes pleasure in base things, the more he is separated from heavenly love. - St. Gregory, Pope of Rome + Though I have left the city’s haunts, the source of innumerable temptations and ills, yet I have not yet learned to leave myself. - St. Basil the Great + For souls become purer the more they rise to spiritual things. They rise more to spiritual things the more they die to things of the flesh. So while we are absent from the Lord and walk by faith instead of sight, we should see the flesh of Christ. By that very faith we stand on the solid foundation and rock of faith and we observe it from a safe watch tower. For we come to love to see the face of Christ even more as we recognize how much Christ first loved us in His flesh. - St. Augustine + If you want to do something good, do it! And if you cannot do it, then resolve to do it, and you will have achieved the resolution even if you do not fulfill the action itself. Thus a habit, whether good or bad, can gradually and spontaneously be overcome. If this were not the case, no criminals would ever be saved, whereas in fact not only have they been saved, but many have become conspicuous for their excellence. Think what a great gulf separates the criminal from the saint; yet resolution finally overcame habit. - St. Peter of Damascus -26-
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Page 5 and 6: INTRODUCTION The Church depends on
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Page 17 and 18: + In writing to a young man, a holy
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Page 31 and 32: much is one willing to pay, and do
Page 33: “Why are you crying, Father?" the
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Page 43 and 44: you pay back abuse with abuse. You
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Page 47 and 48: + For the preservation of peace of
Page 49 and 50: PRAYER BEFORE STUDY: Dear Lord, the
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Page 55 and 56: well as his impurities, his darknes
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Page 59 and 60: to perform or refuse. An example of
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Page 65 and 66: + The Lord helps us amid sorrows an
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Page 69 and 70: + The constant welcome expectation
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+ No sense of virtue can possibly b
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the name of the One who became huma
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+ If you live in the noisy world, h
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we cannot practice the bodily virtu
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PRAYER BEFORE STUDY: Increasing the
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+ When despair seizes us, let us no
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+ Be true to yourself and no one ca
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+ As long as you have bad habits do
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Devil for his sins because the Devi
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through our fasts, we know the Holy
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eckon them as nothing. Often, we pl
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+ Our most dire enemy is pride. Its
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People of the world do not understa
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partner in God’s nature, refuse t
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+ Some say the flesh is a sinner, s
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+ He who does not believe in God is
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Wyat tl)e Cyurcl) Fathers Say About
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This is the way it should be with u
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+ In a brokenness of spirit a man c
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+ Christ, who is the Good Shepherd,
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PRAYER BEFORE STUDY: Prayer of Hipp
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+ It behooves us to do all things i
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+ I will honor the king but only Go
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+ Where the Church is, there also i
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+ Follow the custom of the Church i
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PRAYER BEFORE STUDY: Remember, Lord
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+ The Church is the salt of the ear
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+ Only the priest who imitates that
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operated in this way He would becom
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The Holy Fathers of the Church arme
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+ When a trial comes upon you sudde
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+ Live each day as if you were dyin
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PRAYER: Christ, give me strength; Y
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+ God has shown how close He is to
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W^at tf?e cl?u rcl? Fathers Say Abo
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REFLECTION: Much of contemporary Ch
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+ There was in the monastery an old
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+ In all your works, either at home
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+ Happiness consists in not regardi
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16. O Lord, grant me only pure thou
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PRAYER BEFORE STUDY: With You Lord,
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+ Many parents teach their children
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+ If any woman should abandon her h
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+ Marriage is honorable above all,
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PRAYER BEFORE STUDY: We bless You,
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+ An intelligent use of concepts (i
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+ There is a knowledge that precede
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+ instead of searching after no oth
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+ He who knows himself is a man. -
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PRAYER BEFORE STUDY: PRAYER AGAINST
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+ If one man should suffer all the
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+ Those, therefore, who cast away t
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There is a constant struggle both f
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+ We leave undone what we know we s
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+ It is very important that the inn
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W pat tf?e Cyurcy Fathers Say About
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How often we Christians bemoan the
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+ The Bible limits itself to reprov
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Jesus talks about a man's faith as
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+ Even the demons with their malice
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+ Among angels, some are angels of
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