Thanks to Presbytera Candace for these two gems from the Russian fathers…The soul must be provided with the word of God, for the word of God, as St. Gregory the Theologian tells us, is the bread of angels--of which souls partake that hunger after God. Most importantly, one must practice reading the New Testament and the Psalter.
By so doing,
the mind is enlightened and undergoes a divine change.
—Seraphim of Sarov
Nothing and no one can snatch out of God's hands a soul dedicated to His service. For God gives to such a soul for the time of its earthly pilgrimage a narrow path paved with diverse sorrows and deprivations, because it is impossible to come to God along a broad way...
—Ignatius Brianchaninov
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