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

Guard yourselves from soul-destroying heresy, communion with which is alienation from Christ.

Every man who loves purity and chastity becomes the temple of God.

Beware of reading the doctrines of heretics for they, more than anything else, can equip the spirit of blasphemy against you.

But if you are fearful of becoming self-righteous from working for your own salvation, or afraid of being overcome by spiritual pride, examine yourself and observe that the person who is afraid of becoming self-righteous suffers from blindness. For he does not see how self-righteous he is.

Offer to the Lord the weakness of your nature, fully acknowledging your own powerlessness, and imperceptibly you will receive the gift of chastity.

Only with the greatest struggle and sacrifice is the chaff of heresy separated from the wheat of Orthodox truth.

Not he is chaste in whom shameful thoughts stop in time of struggle, work and endeavor, but he who by the trueness of his heart makes chaste the vision of his mind not letting it stretch out towards unseemly thoughts.

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.

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