St. Justin Popovich | The heart acquires purity by means of many trials, tribulations, and...

The heart acquires purity by means of many trials, tribulations, and tears, and by the mortifying of all that is of the world. Tears cleanse the heart from impurity.

To the question: what is the sign bywhich one can know if a man has achieved purity of heart, St. Isaac replies: “When he sees all men as good, and no one appears to him to be unclean or profane.”


St. Justin Popovich