Don’t be Afraid
I remember once I told Saint Porphyrios: “I’m afraid
of what is to come, the ugly times.” He looked at me puzzled and giving me a
swift slap on the hand he said: “Who can do you harm, my child, if you have
Christ inside your heart?”
Turn your eyes
towards Christ
You don’t become saints by chasing away the evil.
Forget about the evil. You should actually turn your eyes towards Christ and He
will save you. Instead of standing at the door and shooing away the enemy,
despise him. When you see evil approaching from one direction, you softly give
your attention to something else. So, when the evil is coming to offend you,
give your interior strength to good, to Christ. Plead: “Our Lord Jesus Christ
have mercy on me.” He knows how to give you His mercy and in whatever way that
is best for you. And after you are full of good, then you no longer turn your
attention towards the evil. With the grace of God, you become good. And then
the evil is unable to find a place to stand and disappears!
Saint Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) the Kapsokalyvite
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