The elder said to a certain brother: “The devil is your enemy, and you are the house. The enemy does not cease to throw all kinds of rubbish at you, no matter what he finds, throwing all kinds of impurities into you. But you carefully throw out from yourself what he puts in; if you are careless, then your house will be filled with rubbish and it will be impossible for you to enter it. From the very beginning, when the devil begins to litter you, you gradually throw out the rubbish, and your house He will remain pure by the grace of Christ." Source: St. Ignatius Bryanchaninov "Fatherland"
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru