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

Where a fall has overtaken us, there pride has already pitched its tent; because a fall is an indication of pride.

It seems to me that, in all cases when indignity is offered to us, we should be silent; for it is our moment of profit.

I consider those fallen mourners more blessed than those who have not fallen and are not mourning over themselves; because as a result of their fall, they have risen by a sure resurrection.

Just as over-drinking is a matter of habit, so too from habit comes over-sleeping. Therefore we must struggle with the question of sleep, especially in the early days of obedience, because a long-standing habit is difficult to cure.

Do not condemn, even if you see with your eyes, for they are often deceived.

Do not be surprised that you fall every day, do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honor your patience. While a wound is still fresh and warm, it is easy to heal; but old, neglected and festering ones are hard to cure, and require for their care much treatment, cutting, plastering and cauterization. Many from long neglect become incurable, but with God all things are possible.

The man who pets a lion may tame it, but the man who coddles the body makes it ravenous.

A fish swiftly escapes a hook and a sensual soul shuns solitude.

Fire and water do not mix, neither can you mix judgment of others with the desire to repent. If a man commits a sin before you at the very moment of his death, pass no judgment, because the judgment of God is hidden from men. It has happened that men have sinned greatly in the open but have done greater deeds in secret, so that those who would disparage them have been fooled, with smoke instead of sunlight in their eyes.

When we stand in prayer, those unclean and unspeakable thoughts (blasphemy) assail us; but if we continue praying to the end, they retire at once, for they do not fight those who stand up to them.

Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.

A servant of the Lord is he who in body stands before men, but in mind knocks at Heaven with prayer.

As a ray of sun, passing through a crack, lights everything in the house and shows up even the finest dust, so the fear of the Lord, entering a man's heart, reveals to him all his sins.

He who has tasted the things on high easily despises what is below. But he who has not tasted the things above finds joy in possessions.

A sign of deliverance from our falls is the continual reckoning of ourselves as debtors.

A man who has embraced poverty offers up prayer that is pure, while a man who loves possessions prays to material images.

He who has obtained the fear of the Lord has forsaken lying, having within himself an incorruptible judge – his own conscience.

Bring out the staff of patience, and the dogs will soon stop their insolence. Patience is an unbroken labor of the soul which is never shaken by deserved or undeserved blows. The patient man is a faultless worker, who turns his faults into victories. Patience is the limitation of suffering that is accepted day by day. Patience lays aside all excuses and all attention to herself. The worker needs patience more than his food, because the one brings him a crown, while the other may bring ruin.

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