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“What is a charitable heart? It is a heart which is burning with charity for the whole of creation, for men, for the birds, for the beasts, for the demons – for all creatures. He who has such a heart cannot see or call to mind a creature without his eyes becoming filled with tears by reason of the immense compassion which seizes his heart; a heart which is softened and can no longer bear to see or learn from others of any suffering, even the smallest pain, being inflicted upon any creature. This is why such a man never ceases to pray also for the animals, for the enemies of Truth, and for those who do him evil, that they may be preserved and purified. He will pray even for the reptiles, moved by the infinite pity which reigns in the hearts of those who are becoming united to God.” (St Isaac the Syrian, quoted by Vladimir Lossky)

It’s quite easy nowadays to pray for the alleviation of the sufferings of the demons, since they tend not to appear in person on our TV screens. It’s harder to pray for the alleviation of the sufferings of demonic humans, such as Joe Biden, Boris Johnson, the Taliban and ISIS-K, but it’s what charitable men and women must do, according to St Isaac and the Christian tradition of which he is a part.

More of St Isaac here:
https://archive.org/details/IsaacOfNinevehMysticTreatises