Prayer is Warfare to the Last Breath - Abba Agathon | Desert Fathers | Illuminated Manuscript | Orthodox Christian HoodieForgive me, but I think there is no labor greater than that of prayer to God. For every time a man wants to pray, his enemies, the demons, want to prevent him, for they know that it is only by turning him from prayer that they can hinder his journey. Whatever good work a man undertakes, if he perseveres in it, he will attain rest. But prayer is warfare to the last breath. Abba Agathon

There is no thought of it

there was in the waters the dragon that draws up the Jordan into his mouth (Job 40

In this case

which orders all things for the best

As of all foods bread is the most essential

For then there will be great tribulation

however not from the earth

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish

For who hopes for what he sees

The Royal Path: True Orthodoxy in an Age of Apostasy

including the Second Chronicle of Novgorod

but your sorrow shall be turned into joy