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

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

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

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

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

Cultivate the Jesus Prayer and a time will come when your heart will leap with joy, just as it does when you are about to see a person who you love very much.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The kingdom of God is always present for him who desires and wills it. When a man's disposition and way of life are like that of an angel, most assuredly this is the kingdom of God. For God indeed is said to rule as King when nothing worldly meddles in the governing of our souls and when in every respect we live not of this world. This manner of life we have within us, that is to say, we have it within us when we desire and will it. We do not need to wait a long time, or until our departure from this life; instead, faith and a God-pleasing life which accompanies faith are very near us.

The study of divine principles teaches knowledge of God to the person who lives in truth, longing and reverence.

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

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

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

Hospitality... the greatest of virtues. It draws the grace of the Holy Spirit towards us. In every stranger's face, my child, I see Christ himself.

You were commanded to keep the body as a servant, not to be unnaturally enslaved to its pleasures.

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5025 E. Mill Rd
Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147

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