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"You won't become saints by hounding after evil..........."

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"You won't become saints by hounding after evil. Ignore evil.
Look towards Christ and He will save you,

Elder Porphyrios


from Wounded by Love - page 135


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Nick1000 said:
"You won't become saints by hounding after evil. Ignore evil.
Look towards Christ and He will save you,
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"No one ever got better by confessing the sins of others" One of my favorite lines in AA literature
Thanks for posting this, ordering the book it was from
 
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Petros2015 said:
"No one ever got better by confessing the sins of others" One of my favorite lines in AA literature
Thanks for posting this, ordering the book it was from
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Elder Joseph the Hesychast would smack the other monks if they gossiped or talked of other people's sins.
 
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Nick1000 said:
"You won't become saints by hounding after evil. Ignore evil.
Look towards Christ and He will save you,
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Really wonderful book - thank you for introducing me to it/him

 
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