Blessed the one who meditates on death each day and destroys the base passions lurking in the vines of the heart, for… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Blessed the one who has become a good spiritual net and caught many for the good Lord, such a one will greatly… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Blessed the one who, exalted by love, has become a city founded upon a mountain, from which the enemy, when he saw… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own sin and not to judge my brother, for You are blessed… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Blessed the one who continually humbles himself willingly; he will be crowned by the One who willingly humbled himself for our sake. — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk. But… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
The word of God is a tree of life that offers us blessed fruit from each of its branches. It is like… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Blessed the one who has kept the mastery of his eyelids and has not deceived himself with either mind or sense with… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Blessed the one who loves truth continually and has not lent his mouth as an instrument of impiety by lying, for he… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
The seed, swollen with moisture, burst asunder its covering of soil and out peers the blade of wheat, full of symbols. So faith, whose… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Blessed the one who has become a good spiritual net and caught many for the good Lord, such a one will greatly praised by… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
If you are an ardent reader, seek not brilliant and erudite texts; otherwise the demon of haughtiness will strike your heart. But like a… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Like the apple of Thine eye preserve me, O Lord God; defend me and beneath Thy wings shelter me from temptations. — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Don't let your eyes look here and there, and don't look on someone elses' beauty, so that the devil will not conquer you with… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
It is blasphemy if you pray before God while you are full of anger. — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Prayer is converse with God, equal honor with the Angels, progress in good things, averting of evils, righting of sinners. — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Be a lamp in brightness, and make the works of darkness cease, so that whenever your doctrine shines, no one may dare to heed… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
O Lord, we cannot go to the pool of Siloe to which you sent the blind man. But we have the chalice of Your… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Who is far from love is a bad state, and to be pitied. He passes his days in a delirious dream, far from God,… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
