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

Imitate the Publican and you will not be condemned with the Pharisee. Choose the meekness of Moses and you will find your heart which is a rock changed into a spring of water.

Our own will is like a wall of brass between us and God, preventing us from coming near to Him or contemplating His mercy.

Meekness is an unchangeable state of mind, which remains the same in honor and dishonor.

Meekness and humility of heart are virtues without which it is impossible to inherit the Heavenly Kingdom, to be happy on earth, or to experience inner calm.

Lack of self-control is actually an evil both ancient and modern, though it did not precede its antidote, fasting. By means of our Forefathers' self-indulgence in paradise and their contempt for the fast already in existance there, death entered the world. Sin reigned and brought in the condemnation of our nature from Adam until Christ.

In the hearts of the meek the Lord finds rest, but a turbulent soul is a seat of the devil.

Meekness is an immovable state of soul which remains unaffected, whether in evil report or in good report, in dishonor or in praise.

Meekness consists in praying calmly and sincerely for a neighbor when he causes many turmoils.

Repentance and humility establish the soul. Charity and meekness strengthen it.

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

When tested by some trial you should try to find out not why or through whom it came, but only how to endure it gratefully, without distress or rancor.

No virtue makes flesh-bound man so like a spiritual angel as does self-restraint, for it enables those still living on earth to become, as the Apostle says, 'citizens of heaven' (cf. Phil. 3:20).

Grace always precedes temptation, as if to notify you saying, 'Prepare yourself and lock your doors.'

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

As work according to God is called virtue, so unexpected affliction is called a test.

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

No one can be saved without the renunciation of his will, even though he might struggle fervently, for our will and our manner are like a bronze wall between us and God.

Love and self-control purify the soul.

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