humbleness
 

Nothing Can Overcome the Power of Prayer

Let us be humble before God and thus, attract Him towards us. Great is the power of prayer, and greatly valued by God.

Did You Speak Badly About Someone? Bless that Person!

Were you envious? Pray for the good of the person whom you envied. Confess every sin, without hiding anything, to your spiritual father or to a faithful, pious and honest abbot; keep God’s commandments and you shall save your soul.

Know that All that You Have Received from God, Was Given as a Loan

Buy yourself rest with struggle, the unseen face of God with watchfulness, the delight of eternal goods through fasting and thirst. Keep in your head your mind and knowledge; in your eyes the look of God; under your feet the ground where you shall return; in your ears the teachings of the Bible.

Make the Gospel a Custom in Your Life

Read the Gospel, allow its light penetrate your heart, make it a custom in your life. Filter any deeds or problems through the light of the Gospel’s teaching. This is the only light of our life.

Lord, Show Me My Heart!

Through this finding the publican saved his soul as well. When you have reached this point the Holy Spirit will lead you forward, in front of God’s love.

We Need to Have the Courage to Be Ourselves

Nun, I love colours and I love beautiful and elegant clothes, but I feel embarrassed when I see around me, in the church, women with old clothes, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable to be like them. What should I do?

We Need to Have the Courage to Be Ourselves

Nun, I love colours and I love beautiful and elegant clothes, but I feel embarrassed when I see around me, in the church, women with old clothes, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable to be like them. What should I do?

When Do We Pray Correctly?

Prayer is “the catapult” against demons, passions, sin and in general against everything that is opposed to the path of salvation.

Wake Your Soul Up!

What state of the soul generates prayer, obedience, humbleness and protecting of faith? What is the virtue that makes us be alive and that we always must treasure? Watchfulness is the foundation of our spiritual work. We need to be watchful and eliminate routine, banality and idleness from our soul as the weed from a beautiful garden.

Don’t Think Highly of Yourself

If you are fought by anger, maybe because you were insulted by someone who challenged you to insult back even more fiercely than they did, look down to the ground and remember you were fashioned of it and cast out the anger from your soul.

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