{"id":149,"date":"2010-03-08T11:21:23","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T11:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/?p=149"},"modified":"2010-03-08T11:22:25","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T11:22:25","slug":"prayer-of-st-eprem-syrian-about-sloth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/?p=149","title":{"rendered":"Prayer of St. Ephrem Syrian (about Sloth)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">O         Lord and Master of my life! Take from me the spirit of sloth,         faint-heartedness, lust of power, and idle talk.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The         basic disease is <em>sloth<\/em>. It is that strange laziness and  passivity         of our entire being which always pushes us &#8220;down&#8221; rather than         &#8220;up&#8221; &#8212; which constantly convinces us that no change is         possible and therefore desirable. It is in fact a deeply rooted  cynicism         which to every spiritual challenge responds &#8220;what for?&#8221; and         makes our life one tremendous spiritual waste. It is the root of  all sin         because it poisons the spiritual energy at its very source. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">(<\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\">By       Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O Lord and Master of my life! Take from me the spirit of sloth, faint-heartedness, lust of power, and idle talk. The basic disease is sloth. 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