LIVING WITHOUT HYPOCRISY
Spiritual Counsel of the Holy Elders of Optina
Saint Hilarion of Optina
In the pure writings of the Holy Fathers, we see that he who desires to cleanse his heart of the passions must call on the Lord for help. This is so, but we cannot even say the Jesus Prayer without our thoughts being plundered.
With beginners, God does not demand undistracted prayer: it is acquired with much time and labor. As the writings of the Holy Fathers say: “God gives prayer to him who prays,” and so we must nevertheless continue to pray, orally, and with the mind.
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