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“It is always possible to make a new start by means of repentance. ‘You fell,’ it is written, ‘now arise’ (Proverbs 24:16.) And if you fall again, then rise again, without despairing at all of your salvation, no matter what happens. So long as you do not surrender yourself willingly to the enemy, your patient endurance, combined with self-reproach will suffice for your salvation. ‘For at one time we ourselves went astray in folly and disobedience,’ says St. Paul.

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“We must have positive thoughts, otherwise none of the spiritual fathers—not even the saints—can help us. When Jesus was on the Cross and all the terrible events were taking place, two thieves were also being crucified with Him….Each one of them had a different attitude towards Him, even though they were both placed next to the same God; a God who had never been blamed for, or accused by anyone for the slightest sin….Both thieves had the same almighty God placed between them who could help them.

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