Be forever God-loving [φιλόθεος] and humble. These two counsels do I give to you, to be philotheos [God-loving] all your life long, that is to love God and be humble. If you love God, Who is love, God will remain with you and you with God. If God is with us no one is against us, and the Spirit of the Lord shall rest in the hearts of the meek. Wherever there is humility, pride flees away; wherever Christ is, the devil flees away. On these two commandments and virtues hang all the Law and the Prophets.
+St. Philotheos Zervakos, from
Paternal Counsels, Vol 1, Advice to a deacon
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