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You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others?...

Saint Paisios teaches that confession is essential for spiritual clarity. Before a person confesses, their mind is darkened by sin and unable to properly understand or receive spiritual advice. Even the best guidance falls flat if the heart isn’t ready. Confession removes this fog, restores inner peace, and makes the soul receptive to grace. Only then can someone truly benefit from spiritual counsel and begin to bear fruit. ☦️ #christianity #holyspirit #saintpaisios #orthodoxchristian...

“ Self control, longsuffering, temperance, endurance, patience, and other such great and virtuous powers have been given to us by God. They stand in opposition to the corresponding vices, resist them, and assist us in our struggle. If we cultivate these powers and keep them always ready at hand, then we regard nothing as difficult, sorrowful, or unbearable, for we consider all such things to be of this world, and the virtues we possess are able to overcome them. But foolish men give no...