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St Silouan the Athonite and
behind him Archimandrite Sophrony
of Essex
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"Prayer is the best of all activities for the soul. Prayer
is the path to God. Through prayer we obtain humility,
patience and every good gift...
The Lord showed great pity on me and made me
understand that I must weep all my life. Such is the way
of the Lord. And so I write now out of pity for those who
like me, are puffed up with pride, and therefore suffer. I
write that they may learn humility and find rest in God...
Only to the humble does the Lord reveal Himself in the
Holy Spirit, and if we do not humble ourselves we shall
not see God. Humility is the light in which we may behold
the Light which is God - in the words of the Psalmist:
'In thy light shall we see light' Psalm 36:9...
The humility of Christ dwells in the lowly ones - they are
glad to be the least of men. The Lord gave me understanding
of this...
