“Even if you are not what you should be, you should not despair. It is bad enough that you have sinned; why in
addition do you wrong God by regarding Him in your ignorance as powerless? Is He, who for your sake created the great universe that you behold, incapable of saving your soul? And if you say that this fact, as well as His incarnation, only makes your condemnation worse, then repent; and He will receive your repentance, as He accepted that of the prodigal son.”
St. Peter of Damaskos
