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DESPONDENCY, SLOTHFULNESS AND WEAKNESS
Field Flowers
or Lilies of the Field
Gathered from the Divine Scripture, Concerning
God's Commandments and the Holy Virtues
St. Paisius Velichkovsky

2. THE BATTLE AGAINST DESPONDENCY, SLOTHFULNESS AND WEAKNESS

When this happens, occupy the mind with the thought of death.

Come mentally to the grave; behold there one who has been dead four days: how he grows dark, bloated, and gives off an intolerable foul odor, is eaten by worms, having lost his fair appearance and beauty. Then look in another place: here there lie in the grave the bones of young and old, the beautiful and the ugly; and consider: who was fair, or ugly? Who was a faster, a continent man, an ascetic, or a careless man? And did it bring benefit to rich men that they had repose and enjoyment in this world?

Remember then the endless torments of which the holy books speak: the fire of Gehenna, the outer darkness, the gnashing of teeth, the infernal Tartarus, the unsleeping worm. And depict to yourself how sinners cry out there with bitter tears, and no one delivers them. They lament and weep over themselves, and no one has pity on them. They sigh from the depths of the heart, and no one has compassion on them.

Think how creatures, each in its own time, unfailingly serve the Lord their Creator. Reflect concerning the most glorious miracles of God which have been performed upon His slaves from the beginning of the world, and especially of how the Lord, having humbled Himself and suffered for the sake of our salvation, has benefacted and sanctified the human race; and for all this give thanksgiving to God, the Lover of mankind.

Remember the future endless life and the Kingdom of Heaven, the repose and unutterable joy.

Stand firm, do not leave off the Prayer of Jesus.

If you will recall and reflect on all this, then despondency, slothfulness and weakness will disappear, and you soul will come to life as from the dead, by the grace of Christ.

Translated by Fr. Seraphim Rose and Olga Oleinikov, Little Russian Philokalia, vol. IV

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