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The Doctor of our souls has. . .

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“The Doctor of our souls has placed the remedy in the hidden regions of the soul.”

+ St. John Cassian,  The Philokalia: The Complete Text (Vol. 1), “On the Eight Vices: On the Demon of Unchasity and the Desire of the Flesh”

Blessed the one who meditates on. . .

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“Blessed the one who meditates on death each day and destroys the base passions lurking in the vines of the heart, for he will be consoled in the moment of separation.”

— Ephrem the Syrian