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

As writing is washed out by water, so sins can be washed out by tears.

He who has become aware of his sins has controlled his tongue, but a talkative person has not yet come to know himself as he should.

Repentance raises the fallen, mourning knocks at the gate of Heaven, and holy humility opens it.

Before all else, let us list sincere thanksgiving first on the scroll of our prayer. On the second line, we should put confession and heartfelt contrition of soul. Then let us present our petition to the King of all. This is the best way of prayer, as it was shown to one of the brethren by an angel of the Lord.

He who has tasted the things on high easily despises what is below. But he who has not tasted the things above finds joy in possessions.

When we stand in prayer, those unclean and unspeakable thoughts (blasphemy) assail us; but if we continue praying to the end, they retire at once, for they do not fight those who stand up to them.

The fathers have laid down that psalmody is a weapon, and prayer is a wall, and honest tears are a bath; but blessed obedience in their judgment is confession of faith, without which no one subject to the passions will see the Lord.

No one in the face of blasphemous thoughts need think that the guilt lies within him, for the Lord is the Knower of hearts, and He is aware that such words and thoughts do not come from us but from our foes.

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

In the hearts of the meek the Lord finds rest, but a turbulent soul is a seat of the devil.

Fear is a rehearsing of danger beforehand; or again, fear is a trembling sensation of the heart, alarmed and troubled by unknown misfortunes. Fear is a loss of assurance.

Meekness is a rock overlooking the sea of anger, which breaks all the waves that dash against it, yet remains completely unmoved.

Where a fall has overtaken us, there pride has already pitched its tent; because a fall is an indication of pride.

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

The first step toward freedom from anger is to keep the lips silent when the heart is stirred; the next, to keep thoughts silent when the soul is upset; the last, to be totally calm when unclean winds are blowing.

The man who pets a lion may tame it, but the man who coddles the body makes it ravenous.

Let us monks, then, be as trustful as the birds are; for they have no cares, neither do they gather into barns.

If you have promised Christ to go by the strait and narrow way, restrain your stomach, because by pleasing it and enlarging it, you break your contract. Attend and you will hear Him who says: 'Spacious and broad is the way of the belly that leads to the perdition of fornication, and many there are who go in by it; because narrow is the gate and strait is the way of fasting that leads to the life of purity, and few there be that find it.'

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