Consistently pray in all things, so that you might not do anything without the help of God ... Whoever does or busies himself with anything without prayer does not succeed in the end. Concerning this, the Lord said: "Without Me you can't do anything". (John 15:5)
Marcus EremitaFailure to do the good that is within your power is hard to forgive. But mercy and prayer reclaim the negligent.
Marcus EremitaIt is better to pray with good will for our neighbor, rather than to denounce him for every sin.
Marcus EremitaWhoever has a spiritual gift and compassionate toward one who does not have it guards his gift through his compassion. But whoever is proud of his gift loses it through self-opinion.
Marcus EremitaWhoever does not fight the one who despises him, neither in word not in thought, has received true knowledge and demonstrates a firm trust in God.
Marcus EremitaIt is harmful to remember previous sins in detail. For if they bring you sorrow, they will estrange you from hope, but if they are remembered without sorrow, they will introduce the previous defilement. If you want to bring to God an uncondemned confession, then don't remember your sins in detail, but manfully endure the suffering that is coming because of them.
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