Monday of Lent Week 3

"Be free even while you are bound in the body and show submission in your freedom for the sake of Christ; and be wise in your innocence, lest you be beguiled. Love humility in your dealings, that you may be freed from the imperceivable snares which are continually to be found by the side of the paths on which the humble walk. Do not reject the troubles, by means of which you are led towards knowledge" (from The Mystic Treatises by Isaac of Niniveh, Homily 3, 34).