“Press forward you who are doubtful, you who are despondent, you distressed, you in ignorance, you of little faith, and you who are suffering trials of various kinds; forward to consolation and to the solution to your problems. Our sweet Jesus Christ, our Life, has proclaimed to us that ” without Me you can do nothing.” {Jn. 15:5} Thus behold that, calling upon Him continuously, we are never alone; and consequently ” we can and will do all things through Him.” {cf Phil. 4:13 Behold the correct meaning and application of the significant saying of the Scripture, ” Call upon Me in your day of trouble and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.” {Ps. 49(50):15}.”
(Elder Joseph of Vatopedi+, ‘Prayer of the Heart’)

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