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Saint Mark the Ascetic: Reality is our game

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Feb 13 2020
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We must never forget that reality is our game. Do not say: ‘I do not know what is right, therefore I am not to blame when I fail to do it.’ For if you did all the good about which you do know, what you should do next would then become clear to you, as if you were passing through a house from one room to another. It is not helpful to know what comes later before you have done what comes first. For knowledge without action ‘puffs up’, but ‘love edifies’, because it ‘patiently accepts all things’ (1 Cor. […]

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Saint Mark the Ascetic: self-justification and humility exclude one another

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Jan 20 2020
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He who secretly mingles his own wishes with obedience is an adulterer, as the Book of Proverbs indicates (cf. Prov. 6:32-33); and because of his stupidity he suffers pain and dishonor.

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Distinguishing the work of grace and the work of deception – photo journal from the New Year

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  • Vices and virtues
Jan 14 2020
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In every beginner, there is a twofold work, committed in the heart in a double but unmixed way: one work is of grace and the other work is of the deception of demons. Yet still, we can divide the twofold work into three, if we also consider the body—thus, there is a triple warmth of this energy which burns in people: one of grace, a second of deception or sin, and a third of a surplus of blood, from natural causes—of which, this latter can be quenched and brought to order through measured restraint and abstinence. Work of grace First, […]

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What happens if we want to do something but cannot

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Feb 06 2017
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If we want to do something but cannot, then

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About thoughts, discrimination and real knowledge

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Jan 23 2017
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One man received a thought and accepted it without examination. Another received a thought and

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What is an unforeseen affliction?

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Nov 12 2016
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If Peter had not failed to catch anything during the night’s fishing (cf. Lk 5:5), he would not have caught anything during the day. And if Paul had not suffered physical blindness (cf. Ac 9:8), he would not have been given spiritual sight. And if Stephen had not been slandered as a blasphemer, he would not have seen the heavens opened and have looked on God (cf. Ac 6:15; 7:56). As work according to God is called virtue, so unexpected affliction is called a

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A thankful spirit is a source of joy

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Nov 11 2016
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A thankful spirit is a source of joy, whereas an unthankful spirit is a source of sadness. Being grateful for a gift

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Sin is a blazing fire

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Nov 03 2016
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Sin is a blazing fire. The less fuel you give it, the faster it dies down; the more you feed it, the more it burns. Whoever does not voluntarily withdraw himself from

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Why Stillness is necessary

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Aug 07 2016
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Stillness helps us by making evil inoperative. If it also takes to itself these four virtues in prayer, it is the most direct support in attaining dispassion. The intellect cannot be still unless…

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You cannot buy the Kingdom

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Aug 01 2016
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Those who are self-controlled refrain from gluttony; those who have renounced possessions, from greed; the tranquil, from loquacity; the pure, from self-indulgence; the modest, from…

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The Novice

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Jul 22 2016
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If you love true knowledge, devote yourself to the ascetic life; for mere theoretical knowledge puffs a man up. Unexpected trials are…

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The key to win your life contest

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Jul 19 2016
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He who wants to cross the spiritual sea is long-suffering, humble, vigilant and…

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You should continually and unceasingly call to mind all of God’s blessings

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Jun 28 2016
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You should continually and unceasingly call to mind all the blessings which God in His love has bestowed on you in the past, and still bestows on you for the salvation of your soul. You must not let…

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How to lead the world

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Jun 06 2015
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It is very easy to lead the world. First, one needs to…

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Why we perform the virtues?

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Feb 28 2015
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The self-controlled refrain from gluttony; those who have renounced possessions, from greed; the tranquil, from loquacity; the pure, from…

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