Bishop Macarius the Great
Saint Macarius the Great said: “When you begin to pray, be careful to be steadfast lest you deliver your vessel into the hands of your enemies. Because they want to kidnap […]
Saint Macarius the Great said: “When you begin to pray, be careful to be steadfast lest you deliver your vessel into the hands of your enemies. Because they want to kidnap […]
Now that I am approaching the end, I feel the need to extend my deepest thanks and deepest respect to the Most Holy Trinity, for opening my eyes.
The first: The struggling monks “through prayer” enter, with the grace of Christ, the kingdom of Satan and destroy it, destroying all his plans. They disturb him with continuous prayer. In the mountain
- This is right, Sheikh. We have not yet said anything about “prayer” for others, so how can one use it
Your consciousness must be filled with a feeling of the need to purify yourself from passions, and you should not be satisfied with treating others, but you must believe that you -
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-You are asking too much. A person cannot become a scholar of “prayer” unless he personally strives and begins this mental work
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-I will mention some of these fruits to you as long as you are willing to listen to me. “Prayer” is, in the beginning, bread that sustains
- I think it is necessary to clarify this point further. The hermits know the evil of Satan, and they also know his defeat and weakness. They know
-You are now revealing to me that Satan is waging a fierce and relentless war against us. Why is he fighting us? What is his plan and method? that I
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Thank you very much, Sheikh, for these extensive explanations. So far I have been able to follow you to some extent, and I have been able to
– لقد ذكرتُ فيما سبق، أنّ الصلاة العقلية تتطلَّب بصورة رئيسية رفضاً للعالم، وطاعة للشيخ، وقراراً بتصميم الراهب على البقاء
I told him: If I understood well, this is definitely achieved through asceticism, awakening, and praying to Jesus. But excuse me