Evagrius Ponticus Quotes About Cfs
-
Provide yourself with such work for your hands as can be done, if possible, both during the day and at night, so that you are not a burden to anyone, and indeed can give to others, as St. Paul the Apostle advises (cf. I Thess. 2:9; Eph. 4:28). In this manner you will overcome the demon of listlessness and drive away all the desires suggested by the enemy; for the demon of listlessness takes advantage of idleness. 'Every idle man is full of desires' (Prov. 13:4 LXX).
→ -
... we should not worry about clothes or food? Such anxiety is a mark of? unbelievers, who reject the providence of the Lord and deny the Creator. An attitude of this kind is entirely wrong for Christians who believe that even? sparrows? are under the care of the holy angels (cf. Mt. 10:29). The demons, however? suggest worries of this kind? The divine word can bear no fruit, being choked out by our cares. Let us, then, renounce these cares, and throw them down before the Lord, being content with what we have at the moment?
→
Related Authors
-
Josephus Historian -
Saint Basil Saint -
Gregory of Nyssa Saint -
Hilary of Poitiers Doctor -
Philo Philosopher -
Athanasius of Alexandria Saint -
-
Eusebius Historian -
John Cassian Saint -
-
Saint John Chrysostom Author -
Pachomius the Great Saint -
Gregory of Nazianzus Saint -
Clement of Alexandria Theologian -
Origen Scholar -
-
John Climacus Saint -
Anthony the Great Saint -
-
Benedict of Nursia Saint