“You see very clearly that it is extremely difficult, and without God’s grace and your own fervent prayer and abstinence, it is impossible for you to change for the better. You feel within yourself the action of a multitude of passions…and yet you remain in them, are often bound by them, whilst the long-suffering Lord bears with you, awaiting your return and amendment…”
(St. John of Kronstadt in ‘My Life in Christ’) [Repentance; Sanctification; Prayer]

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