I read this in the Sayings
of the Desert Fathers the other day:
"Abba Theodore of Scetis said, ‘A thought comes to me which troubles me and
does not leave me free; but not being able to lead me to act, it simply stops
me progressing in virtue; but a vigilant man would cut it off and get up to
pray.’"
Uh…yeah. I think that happens to me more times per day than
I would like to admit.
And before that saying was this one:
"Abba Theodore of Enaton said, ‘If God reproaches us for
carelessness in our prayers and infidelities in our psalmody, we cannot be
saved.’"
There’s a scary thought. I think I am too often careless in
my prayers and distracted in my psalmody. May God forgive me instead of
reproaching me!
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me!
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