Jesus Christ, "The Land of the Living" (source)
Lamentation comes upon me; my heart
is consumed, and I pine away for your sake, when I remember that we
have such a generous Master, so full of loving-kindness to us men
that in return for simple faith in Him He grants us such gifts as
surpass our understanding, our hearing, our thinking, such as "the
heart of man has not conceived" (1 Cor. 2:9). But we are like
brute beasts and prefer nothing but the earth and the things that,
through His great mercy, it produces to satisfy the needs of bodies!
These are for our moderate sustenance, so that our souls may make the
journey to the things that are above without hindrance, as they are
likewise fed with the rational food of the Spirit according to the
extent that they have been cleansed and ascend.
-St. Symeon the New Theologian, "The Discourses"(source)
Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us! Amen!
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