1254. My endless sweetness, Lord Jesus Christ, what sweets did You not give me to taste in my temporary existence! Thank you, my mercy, my sweetness! But if earthly sweets are so numerous, varied, and pleasant, then what are heavenly, spiritual sweets: they are truly endless, countless, unimaginably pleasant. Do not, O most merciful and generous Lord, deprive me of Your heavenly sweets, which You have prepared for those who love You. Do not deprive them and your other people! Let them all know You, Lord, our Sweetness. After all, You, this Sweetness of ours, are everywhere and on earth, i.e. Every sweet thing is your business. However, Lord, grant me to graciously endure the sorrows of life: they are needed for my many-passionate flesh, for my old man. Humanity! Teach them and Your other people to bear it with kindness and let them know their need. Affliction endureth (Rom. 12:12). You will be in a world of sorrow (John 16:33).
1264. Lord! Behold, I am Your vessel: fill me with the gifts of Your Holy Spirit, without You I am empty of all good, or, moreover, full of all sin. God! Behold, I am Your ship: fill me with a load of good deeds. God! Behold Your ark: fill it not with the charm of love of money and sweets, but with love for You and for Your animated image - man.
1273. ...Glory to Your creativity, Lord! Let us know and remember our earthiness and short-term existence, and let us revere the Creator. We are all the work of His hands, sheep of His pasture.
1277. When you pray to God using familiar prayers to which you are accustomed, say in your heart: Lord! You are always the same. My heart changes and grows cold towards the words of prayer, and yet their power is one and the same, just as You are eternally the same.
1292. Oh, the sweetest name, the most holy name, the almighty name, the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! My victory, Lord, glory to You Lord, we are Your members, we are one body, You are our Head. Lord, may all passions flee from us, may demons flee from us! God! give us the grace of love that never falls away! God! May we show respect and love to each other, as to You, as to those deified by You.
1293. How good it will be with You for Your chosen ones in heaven, Lord! How all the delights of earth are painful for the heart! How detrimental to the heart is an instant addiction to anything earthly! And in You what peace, what freedom, what space, what light, what joy!
1294. Glory, Lord, to the never-failing power of Your cross! When the enemy oppresses me with sinful thoughts and feelings, and I, not having freedom in my heart, draw the sign of the cross several times with faith, then suddenly my sin falls away from me, and the oppression disappears, and I go free. Glory to Thee, Lord! God! May nothing tear me away from You, nothing carnal or material, may I always be with You! How good it is to be with You!
1295. Lord! do not deprive me of Your heavenly blessings, for You are the Lord and can do this if You wish; Lord, deliver me from eternal torment, for You are the Lord and you can also conveniently do this if you wish; Lord, whether I have sinned in mind or in thought, in word or in deed, forgive me, seeing the weakness of my soul. So, You are the Lord and you can do everything for me, who repent and ask for Your blessings. And You, the Lady of all Angels and men, all-good and all-powerful, as a formidable mistress, the driver and flame of all opposing forces, as conveniently able to destroy with the speed of lightning all the diverse machinations of evil spirits, deliver us from all sin and strengthen us with Your power for all virtue; Make us conformable to Your Son and our God and to You, the Most Holy Virgin, Mother of our Lord, for we are called by the name of Christ, Your Son, as His members. May our name Christian not be an empty sound, without power, but may we all be imitators of Christ, the Head of our faith, and You, the Head of the mental creation.
May we all, like living stones being built into a spiritual church, holy holiness, offer sacrifices pleasing to God. Oh, Lady, Lady! Yes, it is not in vain and in vain that we call You the Lady: reveal and continually manifest Your holy, living, effective dominion over us. Show that you can do everything for good, as the all-good Mother of the all-good King; disperse the darkness of our hearts, repel the arrows of crafty spirits, flatteringly driven towards us. May the peace of Your Son, Your peace reign in our hearts, and let us all ever exclaim with joy: who is after the Lord, as our Lady, our all-good, all-powerful and most swift Intercessor? For this reason You are exalted, Lady, for this reason you have been given an indescribable abundance of divine grace, for this reason you have been given ineffable boldness and strength at the throne of God and the gift of almighty prayer, for this reason you are adorned with ineffable holiness and purity, for this reason you have been given unapproachable power from the Lord, so that You can preserve, protect, intercede, cleanse and save us, the heritage of the Son. Yours and God and Yours. Save us, O Most Pure, All-Good, All-Wise and All-Powerful!
For you are the Mother of our Savior, Who of all names was most pleased to be called Savior, just as His very name is Jesus, or Savior. It is common for us who wander in this life to fall, for we are covered with many-passionate flesh, surrounded by spirits of wickedness in high places, seducing us into sin, we live in an adulterous and sinful world, tempting us to sin; and You, above all sin, You are the brightest Sun, You are the Most Pure, All-Good and All-Powerful. It is in Your nature to cleanse us, defiled by sins, just as a mother cleanses her children, if we humbly call on You for help; It is in your nature to raise us, who are constantly falling, to intercede, protect and save us, who are slandered from the spirits of evil, and to instruct us to march towards every path of salvation.
1309. Will I forget You, Lord, invisible, incomprehensible Lord, who always fills my heart with life, light, peace, joy, strength, patience, You, Who is for me every good in my life and alone constitutes my life? - ABOUT! don't let me forget you!
1310. Lord! Your name is Love: do not reject me, a misguided person. Your name is Strength: strengthen me, who is exhausted and falling. Your name is Light: enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions. Your name is Peace: pacify my restless soul. Your name is Mercy: do not cease to have mercy on me.
1311. I sometimes pray in church for the people of God like this: behold, many of those standing in Your church stand idle with their souls, like idle vessels, and for what we will pray, as it should be, we do not know; fill their hearts now, at this favorable time for them, on this day of salvation, with the grace of Thy All-Holy Spirit and grant them to me, my prayer, my love, filled with the knowledge of Thy goodness and contrition and compunction of the heart, like filled vessels, grant them Thy Holy Spirit, interceding in them with groanings that cannot be uttered (Rom. 8:26). I myself, a shepherd, am sinful and unclean more than any person, but do not look at my sins, Master, but despise them according to Your great mercy, and hear my prayer, for the sake of the grace of the priesthood, which lies on me and abides in me, at this hour; May the grace of the priesthood not be idle in me, Lord, but may it always burn in me with faith, hope, love and filial boldness in prayer for Your people.