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

Affliction, if not accompanied by patience, produces double torment, for a man's patience casts off his distress, while faintness of heart is the mother of anguish. Patience is the mother of consolation and is a certain strength which is usually born of largeness of heart. It is hard for a man to find this strength in his tribulations without a gift from God, received through his ardent pursuit of prayer and the outpouring of his tears.

One who is capable of seeing himself is better than one who has been made worthy to see angels.

It is impossible for the soul to be liberated from turbulent thoughts without the virtue of non-possessiveness. And without peace of the bodily senses it is impossible for the soul to have a peaceful intellect. And if it does not come into temptations it will not acquire wisdom of the Holy Spirit. And without laborious and persistence in reading, it will not come to the discernment of thoughts. And without the stillness of thoughts, the intellect cannot move to seek the hidden mysteries of God.

Lips that utter frequent thanksgivings shall be blessed by God, and the grateful heart is visited by grace.

Long-suffering and readiness to forgive curb anger; love and compassion wither it.

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

Why do you increase your bonds? Take hold of your life before your light grows dark and you seek help and do not find it. This life has been given to you for repentance; do not waste it in vain pursuits.

As a cloud veils the light of the moon, so the vapors of the belly banish the wisdom of God from the soul.

Listlessness is an apathy of soul; and a soul becomes apathetic when sick with self-indulgence.

The man who is conscious of his sins is greater than he who profits the whole world by the sight of his countenance. The man who sighs over his soul for but one hour is greater than he who raises the dead by his prayer while dwelling amid many men.

If you pile up on one side of the scales all the works demanded by ascetic life, and on the other side-silence, you will find that the latter outweighs the former. Many good counsels have been given us, but if a man embraces silence, to follow them will become superfluous.

Love sinners, but hate their works; and do not despise them for their faults, lest you be tempted by the same trespasses.

Ease and idleness are the destruction of the soul and they can injure her more than the demons.

Virtue is not accounted virtue if it is not accompanied by difficulty and labors.

The man who is conscious of his sins is greater than he who profits the whole world by the sight of his countenance.

The study of divine principles teaches knowledge of God to the person who lives in truth, longing and reverence.

As a man cannot remain unscathed who spares his enemy on the field of battle, so a man engaged in spiritual warfare cannot save his soul if he spares his body.

On that day God will not judge us about psalmody, nor for the neglect of prayer, but because by abandoning them, we have opened our door to the demons.

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