Damascene PressDamascene Press Facebook ad: “The enemy is cunning, but we are careless…”
Ran for 8 days, from June 23 to July 1, 2026, the last day Crush saw it.
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The enemy is cunning, but we are careless — let us be attentive so as not to lose the kingdom. Come let us make an effort; come let us fall down before God, let us steadfastly lament and shed tears before Him, that He might grant us spiritual enlightenment. Discern the wiles of our enemy, the adversary who hates all good, who places in our path pitfalls and seductions, ruinous acquisitiveness, commendation of this age, carnal pleasure, as well as the expectation that this life will last for long, fear of ascetic struggles, a slothful attitude toward prayer, drowsiness when psalms are sung, and bodily rest. We are as apathetic and careless as he is assiduous. We are as inattentive as he is crafty, even though we know that our days have been shortened, that the time has come and the Lord of glory will come in the majesty of His beauty with the terrible powers of His kingdom to reward everyone according to his deeds. I fear that the Lord’s promise might be fulfilled with respect to us: that many shall come from the east and the west, from the north and from the sea, and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven; but we shall be driven out. I beseech Thee, O Christ, light of truth, born of the blessed Father, being His image and the radiance of His hypostasis, Who sittest at the right hand of His majesty, Who art my life and the praise and joy of those who love Thee: save me, a sinner, in Thy kingdom and reward me not according to my deeds, but save me according to Thy grace and have compassion on me according to Thy kindness, for Thou art blessed and glorified unto the ages.
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Damascene Press
Orthodox Christian Books from Damascene Press A Spiritual Psalter or Reflections on God by Saint Ephraim the Syrian (compiled by Saint Theophan the Recluse) Orthodox Prayers & Lives of the Saints
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