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Saturday, April 19, 2014

By stinting the stomach, the heart is humbled

Venerable John Climacus ~ The Ladder of Divine Ascent
Step 14 ~ On Gluttony

¶22. By stinting the stomach, the heart is humbled; but by pleasing the stomach, the mind becomes proud.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Be zealous within your soul, not outwardly

Venerable John Climacus ~ The Ladder of Divine Ascent
Step 4 ~ On Obedience

¶ 82. Be zealous within your soul, without showing it in the least outwardly, either by visible sign or by word or by a hint. And you will only do this when you stop looking down on your neighbour. But if you are still inclined to do this, become like your brethren so that you do not differ from them simply in being conceited.

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Venerable John Climacus ~ The Ladder of Divine Ascent
Step 30 ~ On Faith, Hope and Love

Ascend, brothers, ascend eagerly, and be resolved in your hearts to ascend and hear him who says: Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of our God, who makes our feet like hind's feet, and sets us upon high places, that we might be victors with His song.

Run, I beseech you, with him who said: Let us hasten until we attain to the unity of faith and of the knowledge of God, unto a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, who, when He was baptized in the thirtieth year of His visible age, fulfilled the thirtieth step in the spiritual ladder; since God is indeed love, to whom be praise, dominion, power, in whom is and was and will be the cause of all goodness throughout endless ages. Amen.

Venerable Isaac of Syria

Enter eagerly into the treasure house that lies within you, and so you will see the treasure-house of heaven: for the two are the same, there is but one entry to them both. The ladder that leads to the Kingdom is hidden within you, and is found in your own soul. Dive into yourself, and in your soul you will discover the rungs by which to ascend.

Precious and Life-Creating Cross ~ Octoechos ~ Tone 6
Wednesday/Friday Matins Aposticha Sticheron

Being protected by Thy Cross,
We struggle against the Enemy,
Not fearing his deceit or cunning;
For the Proud One was destroyed
And trampled down
By the power of Christ crucified on the Tree.

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Saturday, April 19, 2014

By stinting the stomach, the heart is humbled

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Be zealous within your soul, not outwardly

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