Thursday, March 12, 2009

Laziness

When our good and all-gracious Lord and Master sees people too lazy in their exercises, He lays their flesh low with sickness, an asceticism with less toil; and sometimes it also cleanses the soul from evil thoughts or passions.

St. John Climacus, "The Ladder of Divine Ascent," (Boston: Holy Transfiguration Monastery, 1978), Step26: On Discernment of Thoughts, Passions and Virtue


Lord Have Mercy on me a sinner.

1 comment:

Mimi said...

I definitely struggle with sloth myself, thank you