Praying Quotes by Maximus the Confessor

8 Praying quotes by Maximus the Confessor

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Maximus the Confessor’s eight brief prayer lines echo his profound theological insight. This compact set invites readers into his ancient, contemplative pursuit of divine truth.

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Let us be satisfied simply with what sustains our present life, not with what pampers it. Let us pray to God for…

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Humility and ascetic hardship free a man from all sin, for the one cuts out the passions of the soul, the other…

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If you are remembering evil against someone, then pray for him; and as you remove through prayer the pain of the remembrance…

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The man who has struggled bravely with the passions of the body, has fought ably against unclean spirits, and has expelled from…

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He who devoutly strives to attain wisdom and is on his guard against the invisible powers, should pray that both natural discrimination…

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Inasmuch as you pray with all your soul for the one who has slandered you, so much will God reveal the truth…

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But I say to you, the Lord says, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who…

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A soul that is nurtured by hatred toward man can not be at peace with God, Who has said: If you forgive…

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Whatever a man loves he inevitably clings to, and in order not to lose it he rejects everything that keeps him from it. So…

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A passion is a contranatural movement of the soul or an irrational love, or an blindfold hatred toward any material thing, or because of…

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Unclean spirits increase the passions in us, making use of our negligence, and inciting them. But the angels decrease our passions, inciting us to…

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For him who is perfect in love and has reached the summit of dispassion there is no difference between his own or another's, or…

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Peace is truly the complete and undisturbed possession of what is desired.

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A Christian receives divine wisdom in three ways: by the commandments, teachings, and faith. The commandments free the mind from passions. Teachings lead it…

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Whoever sees in himself the traces of hatred toward any man on account of any kind of sin is completely foreign to the love…

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As we have borne the image of the earthy, let us also bear the image of the heavenly

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'The long-suffering man abounds in understanding' (Prov. 14:29), because he endures everything to the end and, while awaiting that end, patiently bears his distress.…

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