Purify Yourself With Commandments From The Gospels And Pious Struggles. In Accordance With The Purity

Purify yourself with commandments from the Gospels and pious struggles. In accordance with the purity of the soul, God appears there, and the word of God is revealed to the soul, but for carnal eyes these things are inaccessible, being blocked by the curtain of the word of man

+ St. Ignatius Brianchaninov

“Dont criticize or judge other people—regard everyone else as an angel, justify their mistakes and weaknesses, and condemn only yourself as the worst sinner. This is step one in any kind of spiritual life.”

-Fr. Seraphim Rose -

"But nothing causes such exceeding grief as when anyone, lying under the captivity of sin, calls to mind from where he has fallen, because he turned aside to carnal and earthly things, instead of directing his mind in the beautiful ways of the knowledge of God. So you find Adam concealing himself, when he knew that God was present and wishing to be hidden when called by God with that voice which wounded the soul of him yourself? Why are you concealed? Why do you avoid Him Whom you once longed to see? A guilty conscience is so burdensome that it punishes itself without a judge, and wishes for covering, and yet is bare before God."

+ St. Ambrose of Milan

Nuns Sergia and Filareta - Russia