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

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

Just as water when it squeezed on all sides shoots up above, so does the soul when it is pressed hard by dangers often rise to God and be saved.

He who has tasted the things on high easily despises what is below. But he who has not tasted the things above finds joy in possessions.

Increasing self-criticism is the sign of increasing humility. Indeed, there is no clearer sign.

The soul's health consists in dispassion and spiritual knowledge; no slave to sensual pleasure can attain it.

Do not regard the feelings of a person who speaks to you about his neighbor disparagingly, but rather say to him: 'Stop, brother! I fall into graver sins every day, so how can I criticize him?' In this way you will achieve two things: you will heal yourself and your neighbor with one plaster. This is one of the shortest ways to the forgiveness of sins; I mean, not to judge. 'Judge not, and ye shall not be judged,' (Luke 6:37).

The person who is unaffected by the things of this world loves stillness; and he who loves no human thing loves all men.

A little fire softens a large piece of wax. So, too, a small indignity often softens, sweetens and wipes away suddenly all the fierceness, insensibility & hardness of our heart.

If you possess the gift of mourning, hold on to it with all your might. For it is easily lost when it is not firmly established. And just as wax melts in the presence of fire, so it is easily dissolved by noise and bodily cares, and by luxury, and especially by talkativeness and levity.

Do not go into detail in confessing carnal acts, lest you become a traitor to yourself.

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

Be concentrated without self-display, withdrawn into your heart. For the demons fear concentration as thieves fear dogs.

Patient endurance is the soul's struggle for virtue; where there is struggle for virtue, self-indulgence is banished.

As too many sticks often choke a fire and put it out, while making a lot of smoke, so excessive sorrow often makes the soul smoky and dark, and dries the stream of tears.

As the gradual pouring of water on a fire completely extinguishes the flame, so the tears of mourning are able to quench every flame of anger and irritability. Therefore, we place this next in order. (after mourning).

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

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

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

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