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Learn to bravely endure the temptations that the Lord permits to come upon you. Asking for what is “right”, is exactly when you are in the wrong! Learn not to make excuses but accept what has come upon you by saying “blessed”! And without even to be in the wrong, learn to say that you…
Συνέχιση ανάγνωσηςAnger in itself is natural. Like the existence of the nervous system in your body. You can even direct your anger against your own sins and what cause you to fall. However, when you become angry against other people like your brothers, your friends, your colleagues, you destroy whatever good deeds you have done. You…
Συνέχιση ανάγνωσηςTemptations in their various forms sadden people, so that they seek divine assistance all the more, and with tears. This is a dispensation of Divine Providence, in order to strip us bare. Blessed Joseph the Hesychast Source: pemptousia.com http://www.diakonima.gr/2015/09/17/joseph-the-hesychast-saddening-temptations-blessed/
Συνέχιση ανάγνωσηςKnowledge, sensation, understanding, contemplation, insight and every movement of the intellect, everything in all things, should be directed towards God. “Blessed Joseph the Hesychast” http://asceticexperience.com/2015/09/everything-towards-god/
Συνέχιση ανάγνωσηςEvery power of the enemy and the devil is destroyed by patience. Cut off your will and don’t seek any other path to salvation. You should know that those who don’t subject themselves to one (their Elder or Confessor), subject themselves to many, and in the end are subject to no-one. Every time you cut…
Συνέχιση ανάγνωσηςDon’t foster sorrows iosif isihastul authDon’t foster sorrows in your heart because the joy of the evil one is sorrow and despondency, which beget many things which fill the soul with bitterness. Blessed Joseph the Hesychast Source: pemptousia.com Don’t foster sorrows (Blessed Joseph the Hesychast)
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