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The commemoration of Christ's saving Passion is at hand, and the new, great spiritual Passover, which is the reward for dispassion and the prelude of… — Gregory Palamas
Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion for the poor;… — John of Damascus
If you offer fasting with humility and with mercy, your bones, as Isaiah said, shall be fat, and you shall be like a well-watered garden… — Ambrose
Do not delay in coming to grace, but hasten, lest the robber outstrip you, lest the adulterer pass you by, lest the insatiate be satisfied… — Gregory of Nazianzus
We were made for good works (cf. Phil. 1:11) to the glory and praise of our Maker, and to imitate God as far as might… — Gregory of Nazianzus
When one has looked upon Jesus, though he be of little stature like Zacchaeus of old (cf. Lk. 19:3), and climb up on the top… — Gregory of Nazianzus
We ask for what reason our Lord was unwilling to state the time of His coming (cf. Mk. 13:31-32). If we ask it, we shall… — Ambrose
Humble patience, tirelessness and persistence in prayer conquer the unconquerable God and incline Him to mercy. According to the Lord's parable, the importunity of the… — Lorenzo Scupoli
May you be children of God, pure and unblameable, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation (cf. Phil. 1:15): and may you never… — Gregory of Nazianzus
The Lord came to send fire upon the earth (cf. Lk. 12:49), and through participation in this fire He makes divine not just the human… — Gregory Palamas
Do not desert a friend in time of need, nor forsake him nor fail him, for friendship is the support of life. Let us then… — Ambrose
Our Lord humbled without humiliation His lofty station which yet could not be humbled, and condescends to His servants, with a condescension ineffable and incomprehensible.… — John of Damascus
Let none of you have a soul which is barren and without fruit. Let nobody be unloving or unreceptive to the spiritual seed. May each… — Gregory Palamas
... you... are stones of the temple of the Father, prepared for the Father's building, and drawn up on high by the instrument of Jesus… — Ignatius of Antioch
Do you conceive of your Lord as less because? He shows that humiliation is the best road to exaltation (cf. Mt. 23:12); because He humbles… — Gregory of Nazianzus
Mary properly bore the name of Virgin, and possessed to the full all the attributes of purity. She was a virgin in both body and… — Gregory Palamas
If... we choose death rather than true life, God does not take away the power that He gave us. And not only does He not… — Gregory Palamas
... the Apostle Paul says that we are sealed in the Spirit (cf. Eph. 1:13); since we have in the Son the image of the… — Ambrose
God is resplendently reflected in the souls of His chosen ones, and these pure souls, these images of God, like the transparent glass, shine forth… — John of Kronstadt
When a man receives something Divine, in his heart he rejoices; but when he receives something diabolic, he is disturbed. The Christian heart, when it… — Seraphim of Sarov

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