Strive
to remain unflinchingly in a state of spiritual vigilance, patience and
boldness, because only then will you sense the spiritual Amalek who
covets your soul. You’ll be freed from the passions and gain the eternal
good things, when the Lord returns to judge the world.
Who has ever been wounded and then been cured without first
undergoing the pain and then the treatment regime of the doctor? Who can
follow Christ without shouldering the cross of patience? No-one.
All of those who followed Him in the past and do so now were and are
prepared to face with patience the trials which will certainly come
their way, as the wise Sirach says: ‘Child, if you come to serve the
Lord God, prepare your soul for temptation’ (2. 1).
» Saint Dimitry of Rostov
Source: pemptousia.com
http://www.diakonima.gr/2015/06/26/vigilance-patience-and-boldness-saint-dimitry-of-rostov/
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