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

We are sons of God or of Satan according to whether we conform to goodness or to evil.

A holy man told us one day, that the source of all heresies and schisms in the church was, loving God too little, and ourselves too much.

Self-love, love of pleasure and love of praise banish remembrance of God from the soul.

Guard your mind with extreme intensity of attention.

The person who is unaffected by the things of this world loves stillness; and he who loves no human thing loves all men.

Patient endurance is the soul's struggle for virtue; where there is struggle for virtue, self-indulgence is banished.

Self-control and strenuous effort curb desire; stillness and intense longing for God wither it.

Do not be ashamed to reveal your scabs to your spiritual director. Be prepared as well to accept from him disgrace for your sins, so that by being disgraced, you might avoid eternal shame.

Self-accusation before God is something that is very necessary for us; and humility of heart is extremely advantageous in our lives, above all at the time of prayer. For prayer requires great attention and needs a proper awareness, otherwise it will turn out to be unacceptable and rejected, and `it will be turned back empty' to our bosom.

If you lay down rules for yourself, do not disobey yourself; for he who cheats himself is self-deluded.

If you abandon God and are a slave to the passions, you cannot reap God's mercy.

Just as desire and rage multiply our sins, so self-control and humility erase them.

Self-control and strenuous effort curb desire; stillness and intense longing for God wither it.

Struggle until death to fulfill the commandments: purified through them, you will enter into life.

Whoever has not seen Christ in this life will not see Him in the next. The capability of seeing God is attained through work on oneself in this life.

Concern for one's soul means hardship and humility, for through these God forgives us all our sins.

Keep the body properly slim so that you reduce the burden of the heart's warfare, with full benefit to yourself.

Fear of the Lord conquers desire, and distress that accords with God's will repulses sensual pleasure.

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