Jacob's ladder

gen XXVIII:12

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The reading of newspapers darkens the mind and hinders pure prayer

Farther silouan 

hail mary

for the sick, mentally challenged, disabled and aged in these difficult times

What Does the Bible Say About Doctors? - The Ascetic Experience

What Does the Bible Say About Doctors? - The Ascetic Experience

the cave of st mary of egypt

hail mary

For all the homeless, destitute and hungry in these days of turbulence

mathew

 i will be the clean _ mathew VIII.3

Christ delivering his sermon on the mount

follow me and I will make you fishers of men - Mathew 4:19

avarice

https://asceticexperience.com/portfolio/avarice-a-lack-of-faith/

God is the judge

God is the judge of your soul which lasts for eternity, therefore our efforts of this world are to please God 

progress

In life we should progress towards God without hesitation, fear or reluctance

Cast away

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel?

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

Matthew 16:24-26

 

²⁴ Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. ²⁵ For whoever would save his life^[a] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. ²⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

Jesus Prayer

"The Island" is a 2006 Russian biographical film about a 20th century Eastern Orthodox monk. Pyotr Mamonov, who plays the lead character, formerly a rock musician in the USSR, converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in the 1990s and lives now in an isolated village. Film director Pavel Lungin said about him that "to a large extent, he played himself." Mamonov was first very hesitant to play in the film, but then was urged by his confessor to play the character. After the filming, one of the movie crew staff decided to stay on the island and live there as a hermit.