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You have not yet acquired perfect love if your regard for people is still swayed by their characters – St Maximos

18 October 2018 By Andrew Leave a Comment

You have not yet acquired perfect love if your regard for people is still swayed by their characters – for example, if, for some particular reason, you love one person and hate another, or if for the same reason you sometimes love and sometimes hate the same person.

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Love rejoices when others repent; but hatred is estrangement from God – St Maximos

8 August 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those who are not yet purified. But when they amend their lives, his delight is indescribable and knows no bounds.

A soul filled with thoughts of sensual desire and hatred is unpurified. If we detect any trace of hatred in our hearts against any man whatsoever for committing any fault, we are utterly estranged… [ read more ]

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