‘As has been said, the principle and the root of all spiritual activity is to live according t
‘As has been said, the principle and the root of all spiritual activity is to live according to the commandments of the Lord, and the end and fruit of this is to recapture the grace of the Holy Spirit which was given to us in baptism but which is buried under passions. Therefore it behooves us to try with zeal to keep the commandments so that God’s grace can again shine brightly in us’ [Callistus and Ignatius, taken from the appendix of “The Way of a Pilgrim”] -- source link