The Ladder of Paradise!

What is this?

It is the holy virtues, the holy evangelical virtues:

humility,

faith,

fasting,

meekness,

patience,

goodness,

kindness,

mercy,

truthfulness,

love of Christ,

confession of Christ,

suffering for the sake of Christ.

These and many other holy New Testament virtues.

Every commandment of Christ, my brothers; this is a virtue...

Every virtue is a little paradise.

Every virtue nourishes your soul, makes it blessed, brings down to your soul divine, heavenly rest.

Every virtue is a golden and diamond step on the ladder of your salvation, on the ladder that unites earth with Heaven...

Saint John of the Ladder