St. John Climacus, Ladder of Divine Ascent, Step 22

"Prayer is a great good if offered up from a thankful soul; if we are steadfast in it, so that whether we receive or do not receive what we pray for we at all times give thanks to God. For since He will sometimes grant what we ask and sometimes will not, in both cases it is to our gain... For oftentimes God will delay, not as denying our prayer, but in His wisdom seeking rather for our perseverance, and desiring to draw us nearer to Himself; as a loving father when asked by his son for something will often do; withholding consent, and not from the will to refuse, but rather to encourage him in steadfastness."

- St. John Chrysostom

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St. John Climacus, Ladder of Divine Ascent, Step 22

"Pray ceaselessly, and spend day after day in heedfulness unto the salvation of your soul."

St. Paisius Velichkovsky

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