...unless the grace of God comes to the help of our frailty, to protect and defend it, no man can withstand the… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
...the wise providence of God orders our affairs in many different ways and lovingly bestows on each one of us what is… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
“We learned, in the opening words of the Lord’s Prayer, that God is “in heaven.” But we also learned that God is… — Marcus J. Borg Copy Share Image
The greatest danger to Christianity is, I contend, not heresies, not heterodoxies, not atheists, not profane secularism - no, but the kind… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
To love Christ -means not to be a hireling, not to look upon a noble life as an enterprise or trade, but… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
The feelings which seek expression in words are mostly egotistical, since they seek to express what flatters our self-love and can show… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
...although divided in His various powers and energies, in each of His works the Holy Spirit is wholly present and active, undividedly… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Whoever you may be, always have God before your eyes; whatever you do, do it according to the testimony of the holy… — Anthony the Great Copy Share Image
...the souls of the dead [are] not deprived of their intellectual faculties but... they also are not lacking in feelings such as… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
The Son is 'Life' (Jn. 14:6) because He is 'Light', constituting and giving reality to every thinking being. 'For in Him we… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Humble patience, tirelessness and persistence in prayer conquer the unconquerable God and incline Him to mercy. According to the Lord's parable, the… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
...if anyone looks with faith at the mystical table and the Bread of Life placed on it, he sees the Person of… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
When you see your body wasted away through sickness, do not murmur against God, but say: 'The Lord gave, and the Lord… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
...we must all offer up a hymn of praise to the God... who is 'Lord of lords' (Deut. 10:17, Ps. 136:1, I… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
When hungry, do not throw yourself upon food - else you will overload your heart and body. Eat slowly, without avidity, with… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
When one has looked upon Jesus, though he be of little stature like Zacchaeus of old (cf. Lk. 19:3), and climb up… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
The accursed one does not allow the eye of the heart to see the Lord or His saints. He darkens our heart… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
'Go to My brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto My Father, and your Father, and to My God, and your… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
The heavenly Father Whom we worship is the Father of the Truth, namely, of the only-begotten Son, and has the Spirit of… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
It is necessary for a Christian to fast, in order to clear his mind, to rouse and develop his feelings, and to… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
He who through virtue and spiritual knowledge has brought his body into harmony with his soul has become a harp, a flute… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Grace comes immediately to meet some of those who strive, giving them assurance of the earnest of their inheritance (cf. Eph. 1:14),… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Every man possesses that which is according to the image of God, for the gifts of God are irrevocable (Rom. 11:29). But… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
Those who seek the Lord should not look for Him outside themselves; on the contrary, they must seek Him within themselves through… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
He who is accustomed to give account of his life at confession here will not fear to give an answer at the… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
'They straightway left their nets and followed Him' (Mt. 4:20). The Apostles did not grudge leaving their nets for the Lord's sake,… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Trinity!! Higher than any being, any divinity, any goodness! Guide of Christians in the wisdom of heaven! Lead us up beyond unknowing… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
Truth is not something you can appropriate easily and quickly. You certainly cannot sleep or dream yourself to the truth. No, you… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The Church even now is the kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of heaven. Accordingly, even now His saints reign with Him,… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
If you want to correct your brother when he is doing wrong? you must keep yourself calm; otherwise you yourself may catch… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
The patient endurance of the saints exhausts the evil power that attacks them, since it makes them glory in sufferings undergone for… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
... the Apostle Peter declared that the Church was built by the Holy Spirit. For you read that he said: 'God, Who… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
Do you know of any more overwhelming and humbling expression for God's condescension and extravagance towards us human beings than that He… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
'Greater love has no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends' (Jn. 15:13). In truth if… — Poemen Copy Share Image
It is well known that obedience is the chief among the initiatory virtues, for first it displaces presumption and then it engenders… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
Our requests are necessary expressly to strengthen our faith, through which alone we can be saved. 'By grace are we saved through… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Orthodox Christians have the habit of claiming all great men, all men who have held important positions, men of reputation, men of… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
'The long-suffering man abounds in understanding' (Prov. 14:29), because he endures everything to the end and, while awaiting that end, patiently bears… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
... a Christian is quite certain to fall into the same sins which he condemns in another with merciless and inhuman severity,… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
If you offer fasting with humility and with mercy, your bones, as Isaiah said, shall be fat, and you shall be like… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
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