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

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.

You will pay glorious homage to God if, through virtues, you imprint His likeness on your soul.

Man's patience gives birth to hope; good hope will glorify him.

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

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

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

Keep close to Jesus.

Prayer is the fruit of joy and thankfulness.

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

The body of Christ is active virtues; he who tastes them will be free from passions.

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

Spiritual reading, vigils and prayer bring the straying intellect to stability.

Keep the commandments, and you will find peace; love God, and you will attain spiritual knowledge.

A dog is better than I am, for he has love and he does not judge.

A haughty person is not aware of his faults, or a humble person of his good qualities. An evil ignorance blinds the first, an ignorance pleasing to God blinds the second.

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

Break the bonds of your friendship for the body and give it only what is absolutely necessary.

Join to every breath a sober invocation of the name of Jesus and the thought of death with humility. Both these practices bring great profit to the soul.

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