“The humbler the opinion of ourselves  the more swiftly our prayer rises to God.  So as soon as we lose humility, each and every ascetic effort is nullified.   If pride is alive in us or fault-finding or unfriendliness, the Lord stands remote from us.”
(Archimandrite Sophrony)

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