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How wonderful, how pleasing, how charming is the image of those who hope in the God Who saves, in God the compassionate, the God of mercy, the good God Who loves mankind.People who hope in God are truly blessed. God is their constant helper and they fear no evil, even if others provoke them. They hope in God and do good. They have set their every hope on Him and they confess to Him with all their heart. He is their boast, their God and they call upon Him day and night. Their mouths direct praise to God; their lips are sweeter than honey and wax when they open them to sing to God; their tongue, full of grace, is moved to glorify God. Their heart is eager to call upon Him, their mind ready to be elevated towards Him, their soul is committed to God and “His right hand has upheld them”. “Their souls will boast in the Lord”. They ask and receive from God whatever their heart desires. They ask and find whatever they seek. They knock and the gates of mercy are opened.
–Saint Nektarios of Aegina (1846-1920)
Page: Quotes, Prayer (how), Prayer (what), Quote Topic
True prayer is undistracted, prolonged, performed with a contrite heart an alert intellect. The vehicle of prayer is everywhere humility, and prayer is a manifestation of humility. For being conscious of our own weakness, we invoke the power of God.
–Saint Nektarios of Aegina (1846-1920)
Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Struggle (with Sin)
The path leading to perfection is long. Pray to God so that he will strengthen you. Patiently accept your falls and, having stood up, immediately run to God, not remaining in that place where you have fallen. Do not despair if you keep falling into your old sins. Only with the passage of time and with fervor will they be conquered. Don’t let anything deprive you of hope.
–Saint Nektarios of Aegina (1846-1920)
Grace, Page: Quotes, Prayer (answered), Quote Topic
God fulfills your desires in a manner that you do not know.
–Saint Nektarios of Aegina (1846-1920)
Abandonment (of self), Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
One doesn’t need muscles in the spiritual life. We must struggle humbly, we must ask for God’s mercy and we must be grateful to Him for everything. He who abandons himself into the hands of God, without any plan of his own, will pass into God’s plan.
–Saint Paisos the Athonite (1924-1994)
Grace, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
At all times God caresses the hearts of all the people with His love, but we are not aware of it because our hearts have gathered a crust.
–Saint Paisos the Athonite (1924-1994)
