“Sin then is, as we have said, a fearful evil, but not incurable; fearful for him who clings to it, but easy of cure for him who by repentance puts it from him. For suppose that a man is holding fire in his hand; as long as he holds fast the live coal he is sure to be burned, but should he put away the coal, he would have cast away the flame also with it. If however anyone thinks that he is not being burned when sinning, to him the Scripture says, ‘Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his garments not burned?’ (Prv 6:27). For sin burns the sinews of the soul, and breaks the spiritual bones of the mind, and darkens the light of the heart.”

—	St. Cyril of Jerusalem, in his meditations “On Repentance”

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