If you read history…
If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next.
–CS Lewis (1863-1929)
Repentance is not…
Repentance is not something that God demands of you before he takes you back, it’s simply a description of what going back to God is like.
–CS Lewis (1863-1929)
The safest road to hell…
The safest road to hell is the gradual one – the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
–CS Lewis (1863-1929)
If there is prayer…
If the body has breath, it lives; if breathing stops, life comes to an end. So it is with the spirit. If there is prayer, the soul lives; without prayer, there is no spiritual life.
–Saint Theophan the Recluse (1815-1894)
On and through the Cross Jesus…
The Lord accomplished our salvation by His death on the Cross: on the Cross He tore up the handwriting of our sins; through the Cross He reconciled us with our God and Father; and through the Cross He brought down upon us grace-filled gifts and all heavenly blessings.
— Saint Theophan the Recluse (1815-1894)
Follow what you are reading…
Before reading you should empty your soul of everything. Arouse the desire to know about what is being read. Turn prayerfully to God. Follow what you are reading with attention and place everything in your open heart. If something did not reach the heart, stay with it until it reaches. You should of course read quite slowly. Stop reading when the soul no longer wants to nourish itself with reading. That means it is full. If the soul finds one passage utterly stunning, stop there and read no more.
— Saint Theophan the Recluse (1815-1894)
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