The humble servant of God, using the gifts of God, does not dare to recognize them as his own, but as common, and says in his heart: they do not belong to me completely, I am not worthy of them, they are works of God's goodness not to me alone, but to many, so that they may be the property of many.

When explaining the Lord's Prayer, say in advance about the happiness of explaining the Lord's prayer, about preparing yourself for this explanation by prayer and fasting.

Whosoever willeth to be in you, let him be a servant of all (Matt. 20:26). "Nastena."

Is it permissible to pray without ceasing (1 Thess. 5:17)? "You can, as you can breathe incessantly. Prayer is the breath of the soul.

In the measure you measure, it will be measured to you (Matt. 7:2)† 

Whoever digs a pit for another will fall into it himself (Proverbs 26:27; Sir. 27:29).

When you see him who hates you and hear from him words that breathe hatred, contempt, rudeness and disobedience, enlighten him meekly and without fail with love, overcome your heart, which draws you with a stream of confusion and malice towards him to equal hatred, contempt, rudeness, and words that breathe with malice, and you will conquer his malice. The word of God is not false: it finds in abundance sufficient goodness of the heart to overcome its malice. Overcome evil with good, it says, and be not overcome by evil (Romans 12:21).

To the Brotherhood of M. [5] books [6]:

1). Chrysostom. 2 volumes of the Discourses on the Gospel of Matthew.

2). On asceticism. — The Tales of the Holy Fathers.

3). Bright Week of Ignatius. [7]  [8]

Surrender to the Lord as a broken statue to a skilled sculptor, or as a rusted iron to a forging; listen in all things to the Lord, the Renewer of our sin-corrupted nature [9] — and you will be saved. Let us commit ourselves, one another, and all our life to Christ God, the Renewer of our nature, without any doubt.

What is needed in prayer? What should you avoid?

If you do not have money for one with the blight, or dust of the earth, you will not escape frequent torments of the heart, sorrow, sorrow, and distress (Rom. 2:9).