St Peter of Damascus: What will happen in the last days? What is to come afterwards?

What will happen in the last days? What is to come afterwards? How hapless I am! ‘Who will give water to my head and a fountain of tears to my eyes?’ (Jer. 9:1. LXX). Who can grieve for me as I deserve?

I cannot do so. Come, mountains, cover me in my abjectness. What have I to say? O how many blessings has God bestowed on me, blessings that only He knows of, and how many terrible things in act, word and thought have I done in my ingratitude, always provoking my Benefactor.

And the more long-suffering He is, the more I disdain Him, becoming harder in heart than lifeless stones. Yet I do not despair, but acknowledge Thy great compassion.

I have no repentance, no tears. Therefore I entreat Thee, Savior, to make me turn back before I die and to grant me repentance, so that I may be spared punishment.

St Peter of Damascus
Book1 A Treasury of Divine Knowledge
The Second Stage of Contemplation

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