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

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

If you lay down rules for yourself, do not disobey yourself; for he who cheats himself is self-deluded.

Apt silence bridles anger.

Cultivate patience. Patience is a heavenly gift, a gift from the Heavenly Father... With patience, and love for your fellow men, you become a victor in life's continual trials.

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The intellect becomes a stranger to the things of this world when its attachment to the senses has been completely sundered.

If you abandon God and are a slave to the passions, you cannot reap God's mercy.

Patience increases obedience to the Divine words that have been written, are being written, and will be written.

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

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

When there is no patience, all goodness in the soul is quickly suppressed and sin grows

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

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

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

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

According to the degree to which the intellect is stripped of the passions, the Holy Spirit initiates the intellect into the mysteries of the age to be.

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

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.

The person who listens to Christ fills himself with light; and if he imitates Christ, he reclaims himself.

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5025 E. Mill Rd
Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147

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