A collection of scriptural meditations from Saints and Fathers of the Church.

Prayer... by its action it is the reconciliation of man with God, the mother and daughter of tears, a bridge for crossing temptations, a wall of protection from afflictions, a crushing of conflicts, boundless activity, the spring of virtues, the source of spiritual gifts, invisible progress, food of the soul, the enlightening of the mind, an axe for despair, a demonstration of hope, the release from sorrow.

It is better to eat meat and drink wine and not to eat the flesh of one's brethren through slander.

True escape from the world is for a person to know how to control his tongue, wherever he might be.

The way of humility is this: self-control, prayer, and thinking yourself inferior to all creatures.

Praise God continually with spiritual hymns and always remain in meditation and in this way you will be able to bear the burden of the temptations that come upon you. A traveler who is carrying a heavy load pauses from time to time and draws in deep breaths; it makes the journey easier and the burden lighter.

Unless a man keeps the commandments of God, he cannot progress, even in a single virtue.

If the soul is vigilant and withdraws from all distraction and abandons its own will, then the spirit of God invades it and it can conceive because it is free to do so.

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