“The liturgical prayers which seem perfunctory become our own when) when they are said with meaning and care…
In this way the soul is cultivated without our realizing. Bloodlessly. That is, the old self is rendered useless. It is rendered useless without a fight. It is not provoked, but it is rendered useless and the new man jgrows and develops.”
(Elder St. Porphyrios in ‘Wounded by Love’)