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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 took Noah a hundred years to build his ark; log upon log he dragged to the construction. Do as he did; drag log upon log to your construction, patiently, in silence, day after day, and do not inquire about your surroundings. Remember that Noah was the only on in the whole world who 'walked with God' (Gen. 6:9), that is, in prayer. Imagine the crowding, the darkness, the stench, that he had to live in until he could step out into the pure air and build an altar to the Lord. The air and the altar you will find within you, explains St. John Chrysostom, but only after you have willingly gone through the same narrow gate as Noah.

Love, by its nature, is a resemblance to God, insofar as this is humanly possible. In its activity it is inebriation of the soul. Its distinctive character is to be a fountain of faith, an abyss of patience, a sea of humility.

A vigilant monk is a foe to fornication, but a sleepy one is its mate.

If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.

A fish swiftly escapes a hook and a sensual soul shuns solitude.

As with the appearance of light, darkness retreats; so, at the fragrance of humility, all anger and bitterness vanishes.

Lying is wiped out by the tortures of superiors; but it is finally destroyed by an abundance of tears.

I consider those fallen mourners more blessed than those who have not fallen and are not mourning over themselves; because as a result of their fall, they have risen by a sure resurrection.

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.

If you feel sweetness or compunction at some word of your prayer, dwell on it; for then our guardian angel is praying with us.

He who has obtained the fear of the Lord has forsaken lying, having within himself an incorruptible judge – his own conscience.

A servant of the Lord is he who in body stands before men, but in mind knocks at Heaven with prayer.

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

The Lord often humbles the vainglorious by causing some dishonor to befall them. And indeed the first step in overcoming vainglory is to remain silent and to accept dishonor gladly. The middle stage is to check every act of vainglory while it is still in thought. The end—insofar as one may talk of an end to an abyss—is to be able to accept humiliation before others without actually feeling it.

It is a great work to shake from the soul the praise of men, but to reject the praise of demons is greater.

Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.

For what is denying oneself? He who truly denies himself does not ask, Am I happy? or, Shall I be satisfied?

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