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My refuge from the bitter hands of pre-cal

Wanted to read this on St. paddy’s day but pre-cal said no :(

“A monk falling into temptation is like a ruined house. If he is a serious, sober person, he can rebuild this ruin. He will find the right materials for building, and he will lay foundations, collect stone and sand, and so his building will grow rapidly higher. But the builder who did not dig or lay foundations, and has none of the right materials, will go away hoping that some day the house will be built.”

On lust: #17

“If we always remember that God dwells in us, we shall never bring into ourselves anything that is not his.”

Round 2

“They said of Sarah that the demon of lust was once attacking her threateningly, tempting her with vain thoughts of the world. She continued in the fear of God and maintained the rigor of her fasting. Once when she climbed on the roof to pray, the spirit of lust appeared to her in bodily form and said, ‘You have overcome me, Sarah.’ But she replied, ‘It is not I who have overcome you, but my Lord Christ.”

On Self-Control: 57.

“A hermit came to see another hermit, who cooked a few lentils and said: ‘Let us worship God and then eat.’ One of them recited the whole psalter. The other read and meditated upon two of the greater prophets. In the morning the visitor went away and they had forgotten to eat the food.”

Reading 5 of these each day of Lent- I’ve decided to log one of them on here daily until Palm Sunday:

“Saint Sisoës once said with confidence, ‘For thirty years I have not prayed to God without sin. When I pray, I say, “Lord Jesus Christ, protect me from my tongue.” Even now, it causes me to fall every day.’

Easily in my top 5 fiction novels- glad to be re-reading this one

Re-reading a little of this each day

Restarting this as I haven’t read it consistently for a few months, but I feel more prepared to tackle it now after reading up on Kierkegaard and existentialism.