The following is from the writings of St. Silouan, published in Elder Sophrony’s St. Silouan the Athonite.
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The grace of God is not in the man who does not love his enemies.
O merciful Lord, by Thy Holy Spirit teach us to love our enemies, and to pray for them with tears.
O Lord, send down Thy Holy Spirit on earth that all nations may know Thee, and learn Thy love.
O Lord, as Thou Thyself didst pray for Thine enemies, so teach us, too, by Thy Holy Spirit, to love our enemies.
O Lord, all peoples are the work of Thy hands- turn them from enmity and malice to repentance, that all may know Thy love.
O Lord, Thou didst command us to love our enemies, but it is hard for us sinners, if Thy grace be not with us.
O Lord, pour down Thy grace on the earth. Let all the nations of the earth come to know Thy love; to know that Thou lovest us with a mother’s love, and more than a mother’s love for a mother may be forgetful of her children, but Thou forgettest never, because Thy love for Thy creation is boundless, and love cannot forget.
O merciful Lord, by the riches of Thy mercy save all peoples.
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