The slave should be resigned to his lot, in obeying his master he is obeying God. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
When an archer desires to shoot his arrows successfully, he first takes great pains over his posture and aligns himself accurately with… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Things themselves do not remain, but their effects do. Therefore we should not be mean and calculating with what we have but… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
If the Lord should give you power to raise the dead, He would give much less than He does when he bestows… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
How many there are who still say, 'I want to see His shape, His image, His clothing, His sandals.' Behold, you do… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
"He passed over his fall, and appointed him first of the Apostles; wherefore He said: ' 'Simon, Simon,' etc. (in Ps. cxxix.… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
We should not bear it with bad grace if the answer to our prayer is long delayed. Rather, let us, because of… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Every family should have a room where Christ is welcome in the person of the hungry and thirsty stranger. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Such is friendship, that through it we love places and seasons; for as bright bodies emit rays to a distance, and flowers… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
I hear no one boast, that he hath a knowledge of the Scriptures, but that he owneth a Bible written in golden… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force...it is necessary to make a man better… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
How many of you say: I should like to see His face, His garments, His shoes. You do see Him, you touch… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
We ought not, as soon as we leave church, to plunge into business unsuited to church, but as soon as we get… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
If we approach with faith, we too will see Jesus... for the Eucharistic table takes the place of the crib. Here the Body of… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
The slave should be resigned to his lot, in obeying his master he is obeying God. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Every trace of the old philosophy and literatureof the ancient world has vanished from the face of the earth. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
What the soul is in the body, let Christians be in the world. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
...there is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
It is certainly a greater and more wonderful work to change the minds of enemies, bringing about a change of soul, than to kill… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
What is it to be a fool for Christ? It is to control one's thoughts when they stray out of line. It is to… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
