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826 (FALL/REPENTANCE/SORROW/JOY/ 'RESET') It is customary for our enemy the devil, after a fall (and in particular a fall into something which we decided not to do again), to beat us up with the hammer of sadness and disappointment. He disrupts our fighting spirit and does not let us get

825 (SIMPLICITY/ HUMILITY/ PURE HEART/ LOVE) Abba Poimen and Abba Anub had five more brothers; they were all biological brothers and lived together as monks in the wilderness. The youngest of all had a very simple heart and his behaviour made it difficult for the others; he could not understand

824 (DAILY ACCOUNT/ STRUGGLE/ CONSCIOUSNESS/ SALVATION) My brother, I can assure you that if you try to apply what you advise yourself to do in your evening account of the day, Christ - through His infinite condescension - will never ask for anything more and will save you and let

823 (EPIPHANY/ BAPTISM/ REGENERATION/ REBIRTH) Please allow me to add to our Paternal Advices a troparion of the office of the Feast of the Epiphany, which impressed me a lot and goes like that: «He who wears light like a garment, .... without fire he melts and purifies, and regenerates

: 822 (JUDGEMENT/ NEIGHBOUR/ LOVE/ KINDNESS/ WEAKNESSES) : Do you want not to criticize? Avoid any comments or involvement with other people. Experience will show you that even praising somebody is not far from condemnation... Also note this: Be indulgent to the other person's weakness and comfort him by doing

: 821 (CARNAL MATTERS/ GOOD INDIFFERENCE/ GOOD ANGER/ GOOD HATRED) : When an obscene imagination appears to you, for example a carnal memory of a person (of the other sex, that is) and, while you try to push it away, it persists and comes back, please do exactly what I

: 820 (SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE/ ABSTINENCE) : “Athletes exercise control in all things” (1 Cor. 9, 25), says Saint Paul. That is, everyone who fights exercises self-control in everything.. Learn, therefore, to have restraint and self-control, so that you may overcome the traps of the enemy and of your passions. Extremely

: 819 (SILENCE/ LANGUAGE/ JUDGEMENT/ REPROACH) : Do not talk too much..., by doing so you may lose the appreciation the people have for you. Of course, you may speak your mind, but only with beneficial and measured words. Also, as far as your neighbour is concerned, do not rush

: 818 (SHAMELESSNESS/ IMPUDENCE) : Be “shameless” with the impudent.. Do not be ashamed of them! This is the kind of language they understand.. Otherwise, if you do not do so, they will continue to treat you shamelessly, to your own harm! What I write is applicable in many different