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

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

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.

Control your stomach, sleep, anger, and tongue, and you will not 'dash your foot against a stone.'

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

Apt silence bridles anger.

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

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

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

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

The evil one cannot comprehend the joy we receive from the spiritual life; for this reason he is jealous of us, he envies us and sets traps for us, and we become grieved and fall. We must struggle, because without struggles we do not obtain virtues.

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

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

Only the tears of repentance are able to cleanse the soul.

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

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

Keep the body properly slim so that you reduce the burden of the heart's warfare, with full benefit to yourself.

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

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.

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Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147

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