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Archangel Michael Logo

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

Everything must be directed towards acquiring the Kingdom of God and fulfilling Christ's Gospel. True Christianity does not consist in intellectual abstract deliberations and teachings; rather, it is incarnate in life itself. Christ descended to earth not to instruct people in new forms of knowledge, but to call them to a new life. During our earthly life we prepare ourselves for eternity.

Guard your mind with extreme intensity of attention.

Pray for the forgiveness of sins.

Strive to walk worthily of the vocation to which you were called.

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

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

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

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

Great Lent - all of its services are united by the idea of preparing for Holy Pascha, to meet the Risen Christ with a clean heart.

Paschal joy is a foretaste of eternal joy in the approaching kingdom of Christ.

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

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

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

Chastise your soul with the thought of death, and through remembrance of Jesus Christ concentrate your scattered intellect.

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

Great Lent - all of its services are united by the idea of preparing for Holy Pascha, to meet the Risen Christ with a clean heart.

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.'

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

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5025 E. Mill Rd
Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147

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