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

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

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

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.

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

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

Apt silence bridles anger.

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

Forgive and pray, in order to live your life serenely. And do not do to others that which you do not want them to do to you, or return the evil which they have done to you.

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

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

Exercise patience out of love for your fellow man. Exercise patience in order to benefit your soul. For if you do not take your soul into consideration, you lose your patience.

On days when a Saint is celebrated, Christians ought to pray more ardently, with contrition and love, and entreat the Saint to intercede with God for the salvation of their soul. The feast day of every Saint is for Christians a serious reminder of the great sufferings which the Saints experienced for the sake of Christ's faith. They were glorified by God and with glory they received a place in the Kingdom of Heaven. Let us then honor the Saints and invoke their help, in order that they might strengthen us in our prayer. And we may rest assured that our prayer will be listened to by God.

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

Pray before your body takes rest on your bed... If you are tempted, make the Sign (of the Cross) on your forehead reverently… for this is a known and tested weapon against the Devil.

Patience must grow and not diminish, because when it diminishes sin increases in the life of man, evil results.

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

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

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