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"How can we overcome the enmity of our enemies? By renunciation, meekness
and prayer. Renunciation in everything, except in faith and purity of life,
meekness and prayer, always and always. ... A brother was offended by his friend but, nevertheless,
desiring peace with him, went to him to be reconciled. However, his friend did
not even want to open the door for him and scolding him from within, chased him
away from his house. The brother then complained to a spiritual father who said
to him: "Going to your friend to be reconciled, all along the way, you
condemned him in your thoughts and justified yourself. I counsel you, even
though your friend sinned against you, establish the thought in yourself that
you have sinned against him and, in this manner, go to him and in your thoughts
justify him and condemn yourself." Thus, the brother proceeded. And what
happened? Just as the brother approached the house of his friend, he opened
wide the door, ran up to him and embraced the offended brother and made peace
with him.
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