Be attentive to yourself, so that nothing destructive can separate you from the love of God. Guard your heart, and do not grow listless and say: How shall I guard it, since I am a sinner? For when a man abandons his sins and returns to God, his repentance regenerates him and renews him entirely.
– St. Isaac the Solitary, “On Guarding the Intellect.” Philokalia, Vol. 1
Featured image: On the path to Ss. Sergius and Herman Russian Orthodox Church, Alaska. Chapel and cell of Father Gerasimos.