Affliction was allowed…
Affliction was allowed to make those afflicted more careful and more pious.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
You are a portrait…
You are a portrait… painted by your Lord God. Yours is a good artist and painter. Do not deface the good picture, which reflects not deceit, but truth; which expresses not guile, but grace.
–Saint Ambrose of Milan (339-397
The devil hides…
Just as the thieves are hidden in shady areas to rob the passerby, thus the devil hides in enjoyments to overcome our soul.
–Saint Basil the Great (330-379)
Rapture in God…
Because rapture in God is insatiable, the extent of one’s savoring it and partaking of spiritual blessings is the measure by which the hunger for it is increased. Such people have a fervent and unstoppable love for God. The more they succeed and acquire, the more they acknowledge themselves as beggars.
–Saint Macarius the Great (295-392)
Not a Christian…
Having the riches of a king, the Christian hides them as though to say: “These are not my riches, someone else put them there.” If someone says ” What I have acquired is sufficient for me, I don’t need any more,” — he is already not a Christian but is in a state of delusion and has become an instrument of the devil.
–Saint Macarius the Great (295-392)
Listen in silence…
Listen in silence because if your heart is full of other things you cannot hear the voice of God.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
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