John Chrysostom (347-407), Page: Quotes, Prayer (what), Prayer (when), Prayer (why), Quote Author, Quote Topic
Prayer should be the means by which I, at all times, receive all that I need, and, for this reason, be my daily refuge, my daily consolation, my daily joy, my source of rich and inexhaustible joy in life.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
John Chrysostom (347-407), Page: Quotes, Prayer (what), Prayer (why), Quote Author
It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life. What prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with His own lips? Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
John Chrysostom (347-407), Love (others), Page: Quotes, Quote Author
Christ gave his life for you, and do you hold a grudge against your fellow servant? How then can you approach the table of peace? Your Master did not refuse to undergo every kind of suffering for you, and will you not even forgo your anger?… If you refuse to forgive your enemy you harm not him but yourself… There is no one God detests and repudiates more than the person who bears a grudge, whose heart is filled with anger, whose soul is seething with rage.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
John Chrysostom (347-407), Love (others), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
It is far easier to subdue and conquer an angry person by silence and yielding, than by answering.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Detachment, Grace, Page: Quotes
Grace looks to eternal things and does not cling to those which are temporal, being neither disturbed at loss nor angered by hard words, because she has placed her treasure and joy in heaven where nothing is lost.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
Eucharist, John Chrysostom (347-407), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
Christ gave us his flesh to eat in order to deepen our love for him. When we approach him, then, there should be burning within us a fire of love and longing… The wise men paid homage to Christ’s body even when it was lying in a manger… They only saw Christ in a manger, they saw nothing of what you now see, and yet they approached him with profound awe and reverence. You see him, not in a manger but on an altar, not carried by a woman but offered by a priest; and you see the Spirit bountifully poured out upon the offerings of bread and wine.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
