St. John of the Cross On Overcoming Sin

Note: The Icon depicted is an uncommon Russian Icon of Blessed Silence. Uncommon in its subject (the Word of the Father pre-Incarnation depicted as a seraph), and uncommon in the manner of depiction (holding the instruments of the future Crucifixion: cross, spear and sponge; and an atypical verse on the scroll John 5:25. Amen, Amen, I say to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.). — PPP