Deliver yourself to be crucified with humility and contempt for yourself…
Abba Isaiah & Abba Mark, from the Evergetinos
From Abba Mark
Know, my brother, that he who does not completely deliver himself to be crucified with humility and contempt for himself, who does not debase himself so much that he is trampled upon, despised, wronged, laughed at, and jeered by all, and who does not accept all this treatment with joy and patience for the Lord’s sake, and who does not scorn all the desires of men, whether glory, or honor, or praise, or pleasant foods, or drinks, or clothes, cannot become a true monk.