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

A man who submits to the statutes of the fathers, reaches his goal before he has made a single step.

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

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

Let us all run to the Panagia in every circumstance to ask her, to have her as our aid.

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

A holy man told us one day, that the source of all heresies and schisms in the church was, loving God too little, and ourselves too much.

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

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

He who wishes to tear up the account of his sins and to be inscribed in the Divine book of the saved, can find for this purpose no better means than obedience.

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According to the degree to which the intellect is stripped of the passions, the Holy Spirit initiates the intellect into the mysteries of the age to be.

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

Pay no attention to praise and fear it; remember what one of the holy fathers says: 'If someone praises you, expect reproaches from him too.'

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

Love and self-control purify the soul.

Self-love, love of pleasure and love of praise banish remembrance of God from the soul.

Concern for one's soul means hardship and humility, for through these God forgives us all our sins.

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

Control your stomach, sleep, anger, and tongue, and you will not 'dash your foot against a stone.'

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5025 E. Mill Rd
Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147

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