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

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

If you find that you have no love but desire to have it, do the works of love and the Lord will see your desire and effort and put love in your heart.

Spiritual reading and prayer purify the intellect, while love and self-control purify the soul's passionate aspect.

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

Spiritual freedom is release from the passions; without Christ’s mercy you cannot attain it.

Every Christian is obligated according to his strength and station to labor for the good of others, but with the condition that it all be timely and orderly, and that the success of our labors represents God and His holy will.

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

Those who have truly decided to serve the Lord God should practice the remembrance of God and uninterrupted prayer to Jesus Christ, mentally saying: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

He who guards his lips preserves his soul; but he who is bold with his lips dishonors himself.

All sin is due to sensual pleasure, all forgiveness to hardship and distress.

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

The Lord’s most important commandments are 'Judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned; forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.' Moreover, those desirous of salvation should always keep in mind the words of St. Peter Damascene, that creation takes place between fear and hope.

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

We firmly believe that the Church will never fall, will never waiver and will not be destroyed. For this is what Christ taught, by Whom the heavens were established and the earth was founded, and stands firmly as the Holy Spirit says” (Ps. 32:6). The Antichrist will lure to himself 'those who have a weak and feeble mind, will seduce and will tear them away from the living God.'

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

Ignorance of the scriptures is a precipice and a deep abyss.

The Jews, who did not accept the Lord Jesus Christ as the true Son of God and God, will receive a deceiver who will call himself God.

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

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