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

Make the body serve the commandments, keeping it so far as possible free from sickness and sensual pleasure.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Self-love -- that is, friendship for the body -- is the source of evil in the soul.

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

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

Keep close to Jesus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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