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Showing posts with label
passions
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Friday, March 23, 2018
Are Passions Natural?
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What is a passion? They are impulses that move us to action by overcoming our will. Because of this we say they enslave us. They ar...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
When the soul commits itself totally to God... ( St. Anthony the Great )
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The soul has its own personal passions: pride, hatred, covetousness, anger, despondency and others. When the soul commits itself tota...
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Do not give in to evil ( St. Anatoly of Optina )
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“Are you fighting against your passions? Fight, fight, and be good soldiers of Christ! Do not give in to evil and do not be carri...
Monday, December 15, 2014
Sins and passions are not a part of human nature ( St. John Climacus )
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Sins and passions are not a part of human nature, for God is not the Creator of passions. But He implanted into our nature many virtues, ...
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Cut off the passions before the soul becomes accustomed to them ( Abba Dorotheos )
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When I was in the coenobium, the Abbot, with the consent of the Elders, made me guest-master. I was, at the time, recovering from a serio...
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