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

In detachment, the spirit finds quiet and repose for coveting nothing. Nothing wearies it by elation, and nothing oppresses it by dejection, because it stands in the center of its own humility.

In the hearts of the meek the Lord finds rest, but a turbulent soul is a seat of the devil.

A servant of the Lord is he who in body stands before men, but in mind knocks at Heaven with prayer.

Love and humility form a holy pair; what the first builds, the second binds, thus preventing the building from falling asunder.

He who has become aware of his sins has controlled his tongue, but a talkative person has not yet come to know himself as he should.

Do not condemn, even if you see with your eyes, for they are often deceived.

I consider those fallen mourners more blessed than those who have not fallen and are not mourning over themselves; because as a result of their fall, they have risen by a sure resurrection.

Greater than baptism itself is the fountain of tears after baptism, even though it is somewhat audacious to say so. For baptism is the washing away of evils that were in us before, but sins committed after baptism are washed away by tears. As baptism is received in infancy, we have all defiled it, but we cleanse it anew with tears. And if God in His love for mankind had not given us tears, those being saved would be few indeed and hard to find.

Love, by its nature, is a resemblance to God, insofar as this is humanly possible. In its activity it is inebriation of the soul. Its distinctive character is to be a fountain of faith, an abyss of patience, a sea of humility.

Most of us call ourselves sinners, and perhaps really think it; but it is indignity that tests the heart.

Patience is an unbroken labor of the soul which is never shaken by deserved or undeserved blows.

He who really keeps account of his actions considers as lost every day in which he does not mourn, whatever good he may have done in it.

Make the sign of the Cross assiduously: it is a wordless prayer.

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 and hardness of our heart.

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A dog is better than I am, for he has love and he does not judge.

A man who has embraced poverty offers up prayer that is pure, while a man who loves possessions prays to material images.

Only when you have seen your imperfection, can you be perfected.

One should not ponder divine matters on a full stomach, say the ascetics. For the well-fed, even the most superficial secrets of the Trinity lie hidden.

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