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> [Every Christian has the power to heal infirmities-not of others, but his own, and not of the body, but of the soul-that is, sins and sinful habits-and to cast out devils, rejecting evil thoughts sown by them, and extinguishing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/every-christian-has-the-power-to-heal-infirmities-not-of-others-but/)

[Theophan the Recluse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theophan-the-recluse/)

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## More by Theophan the Recluse

> [The chief evil with relation to the body is love for the body and pitying it. This takes away all the soul's authority over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/the-chief-evil-with-relation-to-the-body-is-love-for-the-body-and/)

[Theophan the Recluse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theophan-the-recluse/)

> [The chief end of our life is to live in communion with God. To this end the Son of God became incarnate, in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/the-chief-end-of-our-life-is-to-live-in-communion-with-god-to-this/)

[Theophan the Recluse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theophan-the-recluse/)

> [Do this and you will be an apostle, a fulfiller of what the Lord chose you for, an accomplisher of your calling as messenger.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/do-this-and-you-will-be-an-apostle-a-fulfiller-of-what-the-lord-chose/)

[Theophan the Recluse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theophan-the-recluse/)

> [To pray is to descend with the mind into the heart, and there to stand before the face of the Lord, ever-present, all seeing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/to-pray-is-to-descend-with-the-mind-into-the-heart-and-there-to-stand/)

[Theophan the Recluse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theophan-the-recluse/)

> ["Love covers a multitude of sins," (I Pet. 4:8). That is, for love towards one's neighbor, God forgives the sins of the one who loves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/love-covers-a-multitude-of-sins-i-pet-4-8-that-is-for-love-towards/)

[Theophan the Recluse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theophan-the-recluse/)

> [As it is not possible to walk without feet or fly without wings, so it is impossible to attain the Kingdom of Heaven without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/as-it-is-not-possible-to-walk-without-feet-or-fly-without-wings-so-it/)

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> [A soul untried by sorrows is good for nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/a-soul-untried-by-sorrows-is-good-for-nothing/)

[Theophan the Recluse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theophan-the-recluse/)

> [If you examine your life well, you will find many instances when God showed His unmistakable mercy to you. Trouble was brewing, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/if-you-examine-your-life-well-you-will-find-many-instances-when-god/)

[Theophan the Recluse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theophan-the-recluse/)

> [If you want to attain salvation, learn and keep in your heart all that the holy Church teaches and, receiving heavenly power from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/if-you-want-to-attain-salvation-learn-and-keep-in-your-heart-all-that/)

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> [The Lord chose the apostles, that they should be with Him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to have power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/the-lord-chose-the-apostles-that-they-should-be-with-him-and-that-he/)

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> [Remember that each of us has his own cross. The Golgotha of this cross is our heart: it is being lifted or implanted through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/remember-that-each-of-us-has-his-own-cross-the-golgotha-of-this-cross/)

[Theophan the Recluse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theophan-the-recluse/)

> [But your job is to work upon yourself: for this you are chosen; the rest is in the hands of God. He who humbles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/but-your-job-is-to-work-upon-yourself-for-this-you-are-chosen-the/)

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> [Examine yourself to see whether you have within you a strong sense of your own self importance, or negatively, whether you have failed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/examine-yourself-to-see-whether-you-have-within-you-a-strong-sense-of/)

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> [Every Christian is chosen-chosen for similar deeds, namely: to be with the Lord, through unceasing remembrance of Him and awareness of His omnipresence, through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/every-christian-is-chosen-chosen-for-similar-deeds-namely-to-be-with/)

[Theophan the Recluse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theophan-the-recluse/)

> [Every Christian has the power to heal infirmities-not of others, but his own, and not of the body, but of the soul-that is, sins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theophan-the-recluse/every-christian-has-the-power-to-heal-infirmities-not-of-others-but/)

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