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Unmercenaries and Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian · St Theodota, Mother of Cosmas and Damian

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Gratitude is a rare virtue among people. Unfortunately, a solemn exclamation is heard and heard between us, accompanied by solemn laughter: “I plucked so and so from so and so!” This exclamation expresses the terrible depravity of the soul. What does this exclamation mean? It signifies that a benefit was obtained through flattery, pretense and other similar means, and that a person who submitted to deception and performed a benefit is subject to reproach for his benefit. In some bodily ailments, an inexplicable willfulness is noticed. This willfulness also exists in mental illnesses. Often, beneficence sows in the recipient of the benefactor a feeling of irreconcilable, frenzied hatred towards the benefactor. This unnatural oddity occurs so often that it gave rise to a popular proverb: “If you don’t feed, don’t sing, you won’t make an enemy.” The poison of sin with which we are poisoned is strong; people infected with it are capable of hating not only their benefactors - people, they are capable of hating God. They proved this through numerous experiments. You might be interested in:
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