"The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us,……" — Saint John Chrysostom
"The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us, that, like lions breathing fire, we may retire from the altar being made terrible to the devil."
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Saint John Chrysostom
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122 Quotes by Saint John Chrysostom
Saint John Chrysostom has 122 quotes on this site.
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A comprehended god is no god.
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The desire to rule is the mother of heresies.
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The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to…
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Prayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine which is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a…
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We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him,…
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Whether or not our prayer is heard depends not on the number of our words, but on the fervor of…
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It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life.
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What prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with…
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Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection…
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If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.
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The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon.
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Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to…
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For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar…
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Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.
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When men do not love their hearth, nor reverence their thresholds, it is a sign that they have dishonoured both…
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The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be…
— Joseph de Maistre
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Frances and Courtney, I'll be at your altar. Please keep going, Courtney, for Frances, for her life will be so…
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Are you making no progress in prayer? Then you need only offer God the prayers which the Savior has poured…
— Margaret Mary Alacoque
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Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.
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The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to…
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Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for…
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