Every Effort… – St. Simeon the New Theologian

“Every effort…must be turned so as to acquire the Spirit of Christ, and thus to bring forth fruit of the Holy Spirit; for in this consists spiritual law and well-being…And in the future life, a Christian will not be tested as to whether he renounced the world, whether he fasted, whether he performed vigils,…but he will be diligently examined as to whether he has any kind of likeness to Christ, as a son to his father, as Paul says ‘…My little children of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you’ (Galatians 4:19). The likeness of Christ is composed of truth, meekness, righteousness, and together with them, humility and love of men.”
Saint Symeon the New Theologian

~ by alwyn on June 9, 2009.