The sins of others…
The sins of others can never become the measure of your own.
–Adrienne von Speyr (1902-1967)
When we confess…
When we sin, we think we are geniuses; when we confess, we know we are idiots.
–Adrienne von Speyr (1902-1967)
Without the Lord…
Without the Lord, the disciple no longer knows who he is.
–Adrienne von Speyr (1902-1967)
Whenever anyone seeks…
Our Savior repeats his words: ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.’ He quenched the thirst not only of those who came to him then. Whenever anyone seeks him he is freely admitted to the presence of the Savior. The grace of the feast [Easter] is not restricted to one occasion. Its rays of glory never set. It is always at hand to enlighten the mind of those who desire it. Its power is always there for those whose minds have been enlightened and who meditate day and night on the holy Scriptures.
–Saint Athanasius the Great (c. 296-373)
Celebrate the feast…
When we celebrate the feast [Easter] in our own day, what path are we to take? As we draw near to this feast, who is to be our guide? Beloved, it must be none other than the one whom you will address with me as our Lord Jesus Christ. He says: ‘I am the way.’ As blessed John tells us: it is Christ ‘who takes away the sin of the world.’ It is he who purifies our souls, as the prophet Jeremiah says: ‘Stand upon the ways; look and see which is the good path, and you will find in it the way of amendment for your souls.’
–Saint Athanasius the Great (c. 296-373)
Weep over your sin…
Weep over your sin: it is a spiritual ailment; it is death to your immortal soul; it deserves ceaseless, unending weeping and crying; let all tears flow for it, and sighing come forth without ceasing from the depths of your heart. In profound humility I weep for all my sins, voluntary and involuntary, conscious and unconscious, covert and overt, great and little, committed by word and deed, in thought and intention, day and night, at every hour and minute of my life.
–Saint Basil the Great (330-379)
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