St Justin Popovich: He who guards his heart from the passions contemplates God at every instant...
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He who guards his heart from the passions contemplates God at every instant. He who maintains a constant vigilance over his soul “at every hour contemplates the Lord.”
“He who watches over his own soul at every hour will see his heart rejoice in revelations. He who draws the contemplation of his intellect within himself will contemplate the dawn of the Spirit.
He who recoils from the diffusion of his mind will contemplate the Lord in the inner recesses of his heart …
Behold, heaven is within you, if you are pure, and you will see the angels in their radiance and, with them and within them, their Lord Himself …
The soul of a righteous man shines more brightly than the sun, and rejoices at every hour in the contemplation of things revealed.”
St Justin Popovich
