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.

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

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

Love and self-control purify the soul.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Abba Or used to say this, 'Do not speak in your heart against your brother like this: 'I am a man of more sober and austere life than he is,' but put yourself in subjection to the grace of Christ, in the spirit of poverty and genuine charity, or you will be overcome by the spirit of vainglory and lose all you have gained. For it is written in the Scriptures: 'Let him who stands take heed lest he fall.' (I Corinthians 10:12) Let your salvation be founded in the Lord.'

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