Exodus 7:25-8:19
Psalms 140, 142
2 Corinthians 3:7-18
Mark 10:17-31
Be free, though you are bound in a body, and for Christ’s sake show forth obedience in your freedom. But also be prudent in your simplicity, lest you be plundered. Love humility in all your activities, that you be delivered from the imperceptible snares that are always found outside the pathways of humble men. Do not reject afflictions, for through them you will enter into the knowledge of the truth; and do not fear temptations, because therein you will find precious things. Pray that you enter not into the temptations of the soul, but with all your strength prepare yourself for those of the body. Without these you cannot draw nigh to God, because divine rest is laid up within them.
~ St. Isaac the Syrian
