#sophrony

God's commandments are a way of life with God. Man cannot fully fulfill God's commandments, and that is why grace is needed. And this is the work of prayer. Sometimes, a person fulfills God's commandments and lives the ethos of the crucified Christ, and then they feel God's grace without praying, or they pray out of love. Unceasing prayer is not the goal (when done mechanically), but the goal is our communion with God.

In seeking salvation for all men love feels impelled to embrace not only the world of the living but also the world of the dead, the underworld and the world of the as yet unborn – that is, the whole race of Adam