St Peter of Damascus - If we want to perceive our lethal condition, we must abandon our own desires...

If we want to perceive our lethal condition, we must abandon our own desires and all the preoccupations of this life.

Through this flight from everything, let us assiduously devote ourselves to God with a devotion that is truly blessed and divine.

Let each of us seek his own soul through studying the divine Scriptures, either in perfect obedience of soul and body or in stillness following the angelic way.

This is especially important for those who are as yet subject to the passions and cannot control their own desires, whether great or small.

St Peter of Damascus