Body Quotes by John of Kronstadt

8 Body quotes by John of Kronstadt

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John of Kronstadt’s thoughts on the body weave faith and flesh into a concise set of eight observations. Though brief, each line opens a window onto how he perceived our physical form in relation to the divine.

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Everything that breathes, breathes by air and cannot live without air; similarly all reasonable free creatures live by the Holy Spirit, as…

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How can it be other than right to worship the Body of the Lord, all-holy and all-reverend as it is, announced as…

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In prayer and in every work of your life avoid suspicious ness, doubt and diabolical imaginations. Let your spiritual eye be single,…

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Christ is our hope, our cleansing and santification, our resurrection, life and repose. He alone is what we all need, and therefore,…

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When you see your body wasted away through sickness, do not murmur against God, but say: 'The Lord gave, and the Lord…

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When hungry, do not throw yourself upon food - else you will overload your heart and body. Eat slowly, without avidity, with…

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God is nearer to us than any man at every time. He is nearer to me than my raiment, nearer than the…

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A man becomes spiritual insofar as he lives a spiritual life. He begins to see God in all things, to see His…

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Adam became so proud that he wished to become God and died for his pride; the Son of God humbled Himself unto death, and…

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Do not despise any man, however poor he may be; but behave with full respect and kindness to every well-intentioned man, especially to the…

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Leave all human injustices to the Lord, for God is the Judge, but as to yourself, be diligent in loving everybody with a pure…

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If you see the fury and hear the howling of the tempest, or read of shipwrecks, think of the storm of human passions causing…

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The man who is poor in spirit desires and says with his whole heart, Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be…

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Everything that breathes, breathes by air and cannot live without air; similarly all reasonable free creatures live by the Holy Spirit, as though by…

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...people mostly pray as if there were no God with them, or as if He did not heed their prayers. Let us ascribe to…

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Wherefore is this? Because our common enemy, the Devil, endeavours with all his might to oppose the intentions of the God-man, Christ. He endeavours…

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How do we receive the highest mystery of Divine love to us ? the mystery of the Christian faith? With our mind, heart and…

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The heart is refined, spiritual, and heavenly by nature - guard it; do not overburden it, do not make it earthly, be temperate to…

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Your Lord is a God of mercy and bountifulness: be a source of mercy and bountifulness to your neighbors. If you will be such,…

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When you are in the temple, remember that you are in the living presence of the Lord God, that you stand before His face,…

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Christ taught us truth; the Devil teaches us falsehood, and strives in every way to contradict every truth; devising various calumnies against it.

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The Lord is the accomplishment of everything good that I think, feel and do.

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Prayer is spiritual breathing; when we pray we breathe in the Holy Spirit; praying in the Holy Spirit (Jd. 1:20). Thus, all church prayers…

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