In failing to confess…
In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You from myself, not myself from You.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
The time for confession…
The present time is the time for confession. Confess what you have done, whether by words or by actions, whether by day or by night. If you confess at the acceptable time, you will receive the heavenly treasure on the Day of salvation. Make yourself pure so that you may be a vessel of more abundant grace.
— Saint Augustine (354-430)
Contemplation is the gaze turned in…
You will note that the Lord establishes as the prime good contemplation, that is the gaze turned in the direction of the things of God. Hence we say that the other virtues, however useful and good we may say they are, must nevertheless be put on a secondary level, since they are all practiced for the sake of this one. “You are full of worry and are upset over many things when actually it should be over a few or even one.” In saying this the Lord locates the primary good not in activity, however praiseworthy, however abundantly fruitful, but in the truly simple and unified contemplation of Himself.
–Saint John Cassian (c. 360-435)
Confession is like..,
Confession is like a bridle that keeps the soul which reflects on it from committing sin, but anything left unconfessed we continue to do without fear as if in the dark.
–Saint John Climacus (c. 525-606)
The greatness of contemplation can…
The greatness of contemplation can be given to none but those who love.
–Saint Gregory the Great (c. 540-604)
Rapt by divine light…
The mind, gazing upon the universe of God’s handiwork,
rapt by the divine and infinite light
–Maximos the Confessor (580-662)
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