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If our
thoughts are kind, peaceful and quiet, turned only towards good, then we also
influence ourselves and radiate peace all around us—in our family, in the whole
country, everywhere. When we labor in the fields of the Lord, we create
harmony. Divine harmony, peace and quiet spread everywhere. However, when we
breed negative thoughts, that is a great evil. When there is evil in us, we
radiate it among our family members and everywhere we go. So you see, we can be
very good or very evil. If that's the way it is, it is certainly better to
choose good!
St. John
Chrysostom teaches us that all evil comes first from ourselves and only
secondly from the devil. If we keep our minds vigilant and our hearts strong in
the Faith, the devil has no access to us.
Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnitza
