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

If you love Christ God, then endure as He endured, and do all that is pleasing to Him. He taught and did. Unfailingly your love should be such as does good, endures, is disturbed by nothing present, and in everything ever thanks Him not with words and tongue, but with very deeds.

Blessed stillness gives birth to blessed children: self-control, love and pure prayer.

He who fears God will pay careful attention to his soul and will free himself from communion with evil.

Apt silence bridles anger.

We believe that the divine presence is everywhere and that 'the eyes of the Lord are looking on the good and the evil in every place.' But we should believe this especially without any doubt when we are assisting at the Work of God. To that end let us be mindful always of the Prophet's words, 'Serve the Lord in fear' and again, 'Sing praises wisely' and 'In the sight of the Angels I will sing praise to Thee.' Let us therefore consider how we ought to conduct ourselves in the sight of the Godhead and of His Angels, and let us take part in the psalmody in such a way that our mind may be in harmony with our voice.

Do not neglect the practice of the virtues; if you do, your spiritual knowledge will decrease, and when famine occurs you will go down into Egypt (Genesis 41:57, 46:6).

The adversary will sit in the temple of Jerusalem, in order to show himself as Christ, he will demand that those who are captivated by him should worship him as Christ. The Antichrist will demand worship as if he were God.

Spiritual freedom is release from the passions; without Christ’s mercy you cannot attain it.

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

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

Self-love -- that is, friendship for the body -- is the source of evil in the soul.

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

Strive to love every man equally, and you will simultaneously expel all the passions.

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

If you are not willing to repent through freely choosing to suffer, unsought sufferings will providentially be imposed on you.

Keep close to Jesus.

The greatest weapons of someone striving to lead a life of inward stillness are self-control, love, prayer, and spiritual reading.

Control your stomach, sleep, anger, and tongue, and you will not 'dash your foot against a stone.'

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