St. Mark the Ascetic: Whoever prays for those who hurt him . . .

Icon of St. Mark the Ascetic“Whoever prays for those who hurt him lays the demons low; but he who opposes his affronter is bound to the demons.”

+ St. Mark the Ascetic, “On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts” No. 45, The Philokalia: The Complete Text (Vol. 1)