With a modest mind and a humble heart, let us repeat over and again the prayer that the great saint Arsenios used to offer to the Lord:
“My God, do not abandon me, though I have done nothing good in your sight, but because you are compassionate, grant me the power to make a start.”
And how true it is that all our salvation lies in the mercy, and in the deep love, that God has for us. To him be glory, dominion, and worship.
–Saint Theodorus the Ascetic (Seventh Century)
