“Become aware of God, in whose presence you are while you pray . . . Then take a formula of prayer and recite it with perfect attention both to the words you are saying and to the Person to whom you are saying them.” PersonsSpiritualPrayerPerfectAttentionPrayingFormulas Author:John Climacus
“Forgetting offences is a sign of sincere repentance. If you keep the memory of them, you may believe you have repented but you are like someone running in his sleep. Let no one consider it a minor defect, this darkness that often clouds the eyes even of spiritual people.” PeopleIfsBelieveMayEyeRunningSpiritualMemoriesSleepForgetDarknessForgivenessCloudsRepentanceSincereMinorsDefectsOffence Author:John Climacus
“Do not regard the feelings of a person who speaks to you about his neighbor disparagingly, but rather say to him: "Stop, brother! I fall into graver sins every day, so how can I criticize him? In this way you will achieve two things; you will heal yourself and your neighbor with one plaster. This is one of the shortest ways to the forgiveness of sins; I mean, not to judge. `Judge not, and ye shall not be judged."” WayMeanPersonsTwoFeelingsSpiritualFallSpeakSinAchieveBrotherJudgingRegardNeighborHealTwo ThingsCriticizeJudgedPlastersForgiveness Of Sins Author:John Climacus
“It can happen that when we are at prayer some brothers come to see us. Then we have to choose either to interrupt our prayer or to sadden our brother by refusing to answer him. But love is greater than prayer. Prayer is one virtue among others, whereas love contains them all.” HappensSpiritualPrayerAnswersLove IsVirtueGreaterBrotherOur Prayers Author:John Climacus
