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

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

A wise man is one who pays attention to himself and is quick to separate himself from all defilement.

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.

Make the body serve the commandments, keeping it so far as possible free from sickness and sensual pleasure.

All the treasures of the world are nothing to me if love is absent, all the honors of the world are lowly and dead without love. Love is for me life, light and joy. This sad world does not know this love and calls darkness light.

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

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

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

Worldly virtues promote human glory, spiritual virtues the glory of God.

Go to the tombs and see that the assurance of men is nothing. Why then does man who is dust indulge in vainglory? Why does he who is all stench exalt himself? Let us therefore weep for ourselves while we have time, lest, at the hour of our departure, we be found asking God for extra time to repent.

You were commanded to keep the body as a servant, not to be unnaturally enslaved to its pleasures.

Apt silence bridles anger.

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

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

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

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

All sin is due to sensual pleasure, all forgiveness to hardship and distress.

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