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You don’t become holy by fighting evil but by love — St Porphyrios

23 July 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

You don’t become holy by fighting evil. Let evil be. Look towards Christ and that will save you. What makes a person saintly is love!

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A peaceful heart comes from perfect devotion to God’s will – St Anthony of Optina

17 July 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

A peaceful heart is acquired from perfect devotion to the will of God, without which we have nothing. And if your husband is really not good, ask yourself in all good conscience before God: “Do I, a sinner, deserve a good and kind husband?” And your conscience without fail will say that you certainly do not deserve a good husband; and then in humility of heart, in submission to God’s will, you will love him… [ read more ]

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We are slaves to our vices; freedom is found in goodness — Augustine of Hippo

5 July 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave, and not the slave of a single man, but — what is worse — the slave of as many masters as he has vices.

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