“My Lord Jesus Christ … Make me worthy to go along the way of the saints. Keep me firm in the Orthodox faith, to keep the commandments and not to care about what is in this world. My Lord Jesus Christ, protect me. My Lord Jesus Christ shelter me in the shadow of Your wings. …
“Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.” Hebrews 12:12,13 . “The man who despairs of himself when he hears of the supernatural virtues of the saints is most unreasonable. On the …
