Limit the opportunities

Words of Life - 19 August 2017
 Saint Mark the Ascetic

Our minds are clouded by three passions: avarice, vainglory and sensual pleasure. In order to counter these passions, we have the commandment not to love the world and the things in it. It’s not, of course, that we should unthinkingly hate things created by God, but rather that we should cut off opportunities to succumb to these three passions.