Δάκρυσον, παιδί μου, όπως καθαρισθή η καρδία σου.. ( Γέροντας Εφραίμ Φιλοθεϊτης )

Να μη παρέρχεται εκ του νοός σου και η μνήμη της κολάσεως, διότι έχει πολύν καρπόν μέσα της. Τις μνημονεύει πυρός αιωνίου και μένει αμέτοχος δακρύων;
Δάκρυσον, παιδί μου, όπως καθαρισθή η καρδία σου και το σώμα σου από κάθε εμπάθειαν και ίδης ημέρας αγνότητος και εκπλαγής εις τον πλούτον της καθαρότητος.

Γέροντας Εφραίμ Φιλοθεϊτης

Be careful, my child; do not let time pass fruitlessly and without improvement in your soul, for death comes like a thief. ( Elder Ephraim of Arizona )

Be careful, my child; do not let time pass fruitlessly and without improvement in your soul, for death comes like a thief.

 

 Woe to us if it finds us in a state of sloth and laziness , then the mountains and hills will need to weep for us; then we shall be found empty of good works, and Hades will shepherd us eternally! 

 

My child, why should we suffer such a lamentable shipwreck when we are able, with God’s help, to avoid it and be rescued at the saving harbor of the kingdom of God! I know that we have to wrestle with formidable enemies and that the labor is great. But with God, that is, with the power of God ,everything gives way when man’s will and strength cooperate with it.

Elder Ephraim of Arizona