Spirit Quotes by John of Kronstadt

9 Spirit quotes by John of Kronstadt

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John of Kronstadt’s sermons pulse with pastoral compassion, urging inner transformation. This short set offers his heartfelt, Russian Orthodox perspective on spirit, a concise window into his devotional fervor.

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When you say a prayer, He (The Holy Spirit) is in every word of it, and like a Holy Fire, penetrates each…

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

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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…

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The Saviour and the Comforter, two Persons of the Godhead: the One ever saves from sins, and the Other comforts him who…

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When you are praying alone, and your spirit is dejected, and you are wearied and oppressed by your loneliness, remember then, 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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...if you wish to get pure air into your room, or if you go for a walk in the fresh air, think…

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Firmly believe that the Lord is at all times everything to you. During prayer He is the power and the fulfillment in…

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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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