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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.

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

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Love and self-control purify the soul.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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Patience adorns the soul with diamonds which are not of the earth but belong to the Jerusalem that is above. Patience is a sweet word. Patience is a sweet breath. Patience is an invincible weapon. Patience is a priceless adornment of man. Patience is a blessing of God.

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Spiritual reading and prayer purify the intellect, while love and self-control purify the soul's passionate aspect.

Long-suffering and readiness to forgive curb anger; love and compassion wither it.

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

Even if an angel should indeed appear to you, do not receive him but humiliate yourself, saying, 'I am not worthy to see an angel, for I am a sinner.'

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

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

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

Patience increases when a person takes in account god.

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