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If you lived with her and if you prayed before an icon, you know that it is truly a place of presence . You know she introduces us freely in the encounter with the person who is represented. You know that without knowing how you know. There is a threshold beyond which any question is futile and fruitless discourse. Also do you need to understand it otherwise than by living and praying.
(...) This reality is not immediately noticeable. It takes a long time. Everything is said with so much sweetness. With great sobriety too, which is lack of focus and sentimentalism.
Let yourself meet, greet with the icon.
We are not competent in life. Perhaps even very incompetent. It is when we know that we are ready to be seen rather than watching. To listen rather than talk. A humble ourselves rather than knowing and judging. You told me about a day of sadness in the eyes of the Mother of God. Do not you know that the icons, all saints weep with joy? Tears of repentance and joy of Hi. Contemplate this long face and this look is in thee, and carry it on people and things throughout your path.
in "The unity of Christians, No. 2" (excerpts)
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