Pages

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Some plausible pretext to drag us from prayer

Venerable John Climacus ~ The Ladder of Divine Ascent
Step 13 ~ On Despondency

¶7. [Despondency] reminds those standing at prayer of necessary duties. And, brutish as she is, she leaves no stone unturned to find some plausible pretext to drag us from prayer as with a kind of halter.

No comments:

Post a Comment

LinkWithin