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or spiritual gifts, there is no salvation. Because
The Kingdom of Heaven is taken by force (Matt. 11:12).
What do you need to always be calm and not be afraid of anything?
In order to always have peace, one must not rely on one's own strength, but constantly learn from the Divine word. It is our fortress
and a quiet haven. There is in the Sacred
The Lord's promise, which for us
wall and fence. The Lord said: I am with you always,
unto the end of the world (Matt. 28:20).1
How to pray to a woman who is preparing to become a mother?
You are pregnant, so pray to the Lord
To God thus: "I thank thee, my Creator, that
You have brought me to a state in which
I am conscious of myself as a mother! Gratifying, desirable for
This is the name of my heart! But in the pleasant consciousness of this name I confess, like St. Solomonia, the mother of the holy martyrs
Maccabees, that I do not comprehend how the
and the living being grows, for I did not arrange the tender limbs of his body, nor did I animate him
Life. Thou, O Lord, hast bestowed existence and life
this tiny creature that announces its existence to me by its movement in me!
Make me a true Christian mother and vouchsafe the fate of those holy mothers who have acquired eternal salvation with those who are born
1 Jerom. Vladimir (Musatov). The Elder's Answers to the Questions of the Cell Disciple. Moscow Metochion of the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, 2002.
children from them. And grant me like a mother
Samuel the Prophet, to assimilate by fasting and prayer
his mother's name. Cleanse me from all filth of sin, for I realize that as in sin I am
She herself was born, so in sin she conceived what she felt
I am a creature. Therefore, believing and confessing that
Thou alone, O Christ the Saviour, is sinless, I give myself over entirely to Thy paternal providence for me, and with all the strength of my soul I beseech
Thy goodness: complete Thy creation, which was conceived in me, and sustain it with Thy grace