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Being humble is to trust in Christ, and to share in his joy — St Porphyrios

23 July 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

St Porphyrios the Kapsokalyvite

The humble person believes that all things depend on Christ and that Christ gives His grace and in that way he makes progress. The person who possesses holy humility lives even now in the earthly uncreated Church. He always has the joy of Christ, even in the most displeasing circumstances.

— /Wounded by Love/

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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

St Porphyrios the Kapsokalyvite

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!

— /Wounded by Love/

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God first helps us not to achieve a virtue but to get up and try again

17 July 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

C S Lewis

We may, indeed, be sure that perfect chastity—like perfect charity—will not be attained by any merely human efforts. You must ask for God’s help. Even when you have done so, it may seem to you for a long time that no help, or less help than you need, is being given. Never mind. After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again. Very often what God first helps us towards is not the… [ read more ]

— C.S. Lewis: /Mere Christianity/ (New York: 1996), p94

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