“This is what happens to those who come to work for the Lord: first there is temptation, then sorrows, and next follow labor, despondency, nakedness, suffering, lack of privacy and humiliation. He will prevail who with all his heart dedicates himself to God’s guidance and God’s will. God requires from us only our consummate determination; it is He Who gives us strength and grants us victory.”
Venerable Ephraim the Syrian
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