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

The man who does not humble himself and does not cleanse his heart from evil desires fasts in vain. He may eat nothing at all, but it will be to no avail if there is evil inside him. He must first cleanse himself from the evil within in order to receive the Lord.

When we turn our spirit from the contemplation of God, we become the slaves of carnal passions.

Keep close to Jesus.

If, wishing to correct another, you are moved to anger, you gratify your own passion. Do not lose yourself in order to save another.

Love and self-control purify the soul.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

A wise man is one who pays attention to himself and is quick to separate himself from all defilement.

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

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

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

Just as desire and rage multiply our sins, so self-control and humility erase them.

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

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

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