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Wisdom for the day – St. Macarius

September 13, 2014

Believe me, God does not send us temptations beyond our ability to resist,

except perhaps for pride, for conceit, and for complaining,

by which we ourselves aggravate our sorrows.

Be careful not to complain or become faint-hearted.

Magnanimity and patient endurance lighten sorrows,

but faint-heartedness and complaining multiply and exacerbate them.

St. Macarius

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