Come Unto Me, All Ye That Labour and Are Heavy Laden No.1 | Orthodox Christian Art Poster

‘Stand apart from the inclination to love sin and to love the flesh. Turn to deeds worthy of praise. Draw near to Me, so that you may become sharers of the divine nature and partakers of the Holy Spirit.’ Jesus called everyone, not only the people of Israel. As the Maker and Lord of all, He spoke to the weary Jews who did not have the strength to bear the yoke of the law. He spoke to idolaters heavy laden and oppressed by the devil and weighed down by the multitude of their sins. To the Jews He said, ‘Obtain the profit of my coming to you. Bow down to the truth. Acknowledge your Advocate and Lord. I set you free from bondage under the law, bondage in which you endured a great deal of toil and hardship, unable to accomplish it easily and accumulating for yourselves a very great  burden of sins.’  

+ St Cyril of Alexandria

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For to believe, to confess, and to be baptized, what labor is it? Is it not, rather, rest? For here in this life you are unburdened of the things which you did before your baptism, and there in the next life rest awaits you.

+ Blessed Theophylact