Over the years I have found that reading the works of St. Mark the Ascetic during the Great Fast has helped me out. His words and his understanding of living the Gospel are very clear. I now have a notebook with many of his short quotes throughout to remind me ‘to live in simplicity of devotion to Christ.’ I am posting two works of his here that I cleaned up and formatted as PDF.
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Quotes from St. Mark the Ascetic = Do not become a disciple of one who praises himself, in case you learn pride instead of humility.
Think nothing and do nothing without a purpose directed to God. For to journey without direction is wasted effort.
Once we have entrusted our hope about something to God, we no longer quarrel with our neighbor over it. St. Mark the Ascetic
If you want spiritual health, listen to your conscience, do all it tells you, and you will benefit.
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