"You see, Lord, that if it is more, I will die," for man is limited and cannot bear the fullness of grace.

Thus, on Tabor, the disciples of Christ fell down on their faces from the glory of the Lord. And no one can comprehend how the Lord gives His grace to the soul.

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Thou art good, O Lord. I thank Thy mercy: Thou hast poured out Thy Holy Spirit upon me and made me taste Thy love for me, so much sinner, and my soul is drawn to Thee, the Unapproachable Light.

Who could know Thee, if not Thou, the Merciful, Thou Thyself deign to show Thyself to the soul? And she saw Thee, and knew her Creator the good God, and insatiably desires Thee always, for Thou, the Merciful, hast drawn the soul to Thee by love, and the soul has come to know Thy love.

Thou seest, O Lord, how weak and sinful is the soul of man, but Thou, the Merciful, give the soul the strength to love Thee, and the soul fears lest it lose the humility which the enemies are trying to take away from it, for then Thy grace will leave the soul.

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What shall I repay my Lord? I am vile, the Lord knows this, but I love to humble my soul and love my neighbor, although he has offended me in some way. I always pray to the Lord that He, the Merciful, would grant me to love my enemies, and by God's mercy I would experience what God's love is and to love one's neighbor, and I ask the Lord for love day and night, and the Lord gives me tears to weep for the whole world. But if I judge someone or look at someone unkindly, then the tears disappear, and then the soul becomes despondent; but again I begin to ask the Lord for forgiveness, and the Merciful Lord forgives me, a sinner.

I write, brethren, before the face of my God: "Humble your hearts, and see the mercy of the Lord while still on earth, and know the Creator of heaven, and your soul will not know satiation in love."

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No one can know from himself what the love of God is, unless the Holy Spirit teaches; but in our Church the love of God is known by the Holy Spirit, and therefore we speak of it.

A sinful soul that does not know the Lord, fears death, thinks that the Lord will not forgive it its sins. But this is because the soul does not know the Lord and how much He loves us. And if people knew, then not a single person would despair, because the Lord not only forgives, but also rejoices in the conversion of the sinner. Although death has come, you firmly believe that as soon as you ask, you will receive forgiveness.

The Lord is not like us. He is very meek, and merciful, and good, and when the soul recognizes Him, it wonders endlessly and says: Oh, what a Lord we have.

The Holy Spirit has made our Church know how great God's mercy is.