Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors and the Holy Fathers

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Now, therefore, know that the saints and the righteous, clothed in the Spirit, pray for us always that we may be humbled before God, and put on again the garment that we had put off, in our intellectual substance. For often also has that voice come from God the Father to all who are clothed in the Spirit, saying to them, 'Comfort, yes, comfort My people!, Says your God: Speak comfort to Jerusalem.' (Isa. 40:1-2). For God always visits His creatures, and bestows His goodness upon them. St. Antony the Great.