Letter 612
To Paschasius the Deacon.
That prayer is a great aid, the blessed David teaches. For before [resorting to] the stone, having made use of prayer, he brought down that living tower, Goliath, who had dared to revile the power of God. Prayer, then, guided the stone by the hand, and cast anguish into the barbarian, and cut off the insolence of the enemy, and set up trophies of victory against the foes.
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Latin / Greek Original
Ὅτι μέγα ἐστὶ βοήθημα ἡ εὐχή, διδάσκει ὁ μακάριος Δαυΐδ. Πρὸ γὰρ τοῦ λίθου τῇ εὐχῇ χρησάμενος, τὸν ἔμψυχον πύργον Γολιὰθ κατήνεγκε, τὸν ὀνειδίσαι τολμήσαντα τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ δύναμιν. Ἡ οὖν προσευχὴ τὸν λίθον ἐχειραγώγησεν, καὶ ἀγωνίαν τῷ βαρβάρῳ ἐνέβαλεν, καὶ τὸ θράσος ἐξέκοψε τοῦ πολεμίου, καὶ τρόπαια ἔστησε κατὰ τῶν πολεμίων.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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