"Everything you do, all your work, can contribute towards your salvation. It depends on you, on the way you do it. History is replete with monks who became great saints while working in the kitchen or washing sheets. The way of salvation consists in working without passion, in prayer…. May God give you the strength to keep your spirit, your mind, and your heart in the spirit of Christ. Then everything that happens to you can very quickly be radically transformed. What was tiresome and discouraging will disappear, transfigured by your desire to be there where Christ your God is." Elder Sophrony

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Elder Porphyrios "love" words...

"Let us scatter our love selflessly to all, without regards to the way they act towards us.  When the grace of God enters us, we will not be concerned about whether they love us or not or whether they speak to us politely or not.  We will feel the need to love all people.  It's egotism on our part to wish for others to speak to us politely.  If they don't we shouldn't be upset.  Let them speak to us as they wish.  We needn't become beggars for love.  Our aim should be to love them and pray for them with all our soul."
Wounded by Love-The Life and Wisdom of Elder Porphyrios


...Much easier to read than to live.  Lord have mercy on this unloving sinner!
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