Conquer temptations by the patience and prayer. If you oppose them without these, you will fall all the more severely.
Marcus EremitaEvery sin that is left without repentance is a sin unto death, for which if even a saint shall pray, he shall not be heard.
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 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 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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