Friday, October 16, 2020

St. John Climacus: On simplicity and meekness


 Let all of us who wish to attract the Lord to ourselves draw near to Him as disciples to the Master, simply, without hypocrisy, without duplicity or guile, not out of idle curiosity. He Himself is simple and absolute, and He wants souls that come to Him to be simple and innocent. For you will surely never see simplicity separated from humility.
+St. John Climacus, from The Ladder of Divine Ascent, step 24, #16

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