Sayings of the Holy Fathers:
We must always be attentive to the assaults of the devil, for can we hope that he will leave us without temptations, when he did not leave our Founder and Source of faith and Perfecter the Lord Jesus Christ Himself? The Lord Himself said to the Apostle Peter: `Simon, Simon, behold, satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat (Lk. 22:31). And thus we must ever call upon the Lord in humility and pray the He may not allow us to be tempted beyond our strength, but that He may deliver us from the evil one.
St. Seraphim of Sarov
'But I say to you,' the Lord says, 'love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who persecute you.' Why did he command these things? So that he might free you from hatred, sadness, anger and grudges, and might grant you the greatest possession of all, perfect love, which is impossible to possess except by the one you loves all equally in imitation of God.
St. Maximus Confessor
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Offer to the Lord the weakness of your nature, fully acknowledging your own powerlessness, and imperceptibly you will receive the gift of chastity.
St. John Climacus
St. Seraphim of Sarov
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'But I say to you,' the Lord says, 'love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who persecute you.' Why did he command these things? So that he might free you from hatred, sadness, anger and grudges, and might grant you the greatest possession of all, perfect love, which is impossible to possess except by the one you loves all equally in imitation of God.
St. Maximus Confessor
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Offer to the Lord the weakness of your nature, fully acknowledging your own powerlessness, and imperceptibly you will receive the gift of chastity.
St. John Climacus
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