Lament and grieve because you are still so worldly, so carnal, so passionate and unmortified, so full of roving lust, so often occupied in many vain fancies, so inclined to exterior things and so heedless of what lies within, so inclined to ease the pleasures of the flesh, so curious to hear what is new and to see the beautiful and so slow to embrace humiliation and repentance, so covetous to have much,so inconsiderate in speech, so reluctant in silence, so undisciplined in character, so disordered in action, so greedy at meals, so deaf to the Word of God, so prompt to rest and so slow to Spiritual Hardwork, so awake to empty conversation, so sleepy in keeping sacred vigils and so eager to end them, so wandering in your attention, so heartless in receiving, so quickly distracted, so seldom fully recollected, so quickly moved to anger, so quick to take offense at others, so prone to judge, so severe in condemning, so happy in prosperity and so weak in temptations, so often making good resolutions and carrying so few of them into action.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:17:09 +0000