Let us never despair of our salvation!
In the Lives of the Saints, we find an example of steadfast repentance and its fruit: A brother, often sinning, immediately ran to the Icon of the Savior and, throwing himself face down on the ground, with bitter tears cried out: “Have mercy on me, Lord, and remove this cunning temptation from me!” But not long after, he sinned again and, without losing hope, again ran to the Icon of the Savior and asked for forgiveness and help to correct himself. But one day, when he was in sobs and tears before the Icon, the devil, seeing that he could not completely gain control over him, appeared to him in his face and said to the honest Icon: “You are not just, Lord, that you receive this sinner who every day promises himself before You, although he still sins!” And a voice was heard to him: “O most cunning loser, are you not satisfied with having encompassed the world, but do you also strive to win the one who has come to the unspeakable mercy? When he comes to sin, you do not chase him away, bu...