Whatever we do or say without prayer always ends up either sinful or harmful and convicts us through the deeds in some mysterious way.
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.
Marcus EremitaThe sign of sincere love is to forgive wrongs done to us. It was with such love that the Lord loved the world.
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