Christ feeling every sense…
Christ filling the hearing, sight, touch, taste, and every sense
–Origen (c. 184- c. 254)
We need a Savior…
In our sickness we need a savior, in our wanderings a guide, in our blindness someone to show us the light, in our thirst the fountain of living water which quenches for ever the thirst of those who drink from it. We dead people need life, we sheep need a shepherd, we children need a teacher, the whole world needs Jesus!
–Saint Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-215)
Preserve the unity…
Let us, then, preserve the unity of the body that we form in Christ Jesus, and let everyone give his neighbor the deference to which his particular gifts entitle him. Let the strong care for the weak and the weak respect the strong. Let the wealthy assist the poor and the poor man thank God for giving him someone to supply his needs. The wise man should show his wisdom not by his eloquence but by good works; the humble man should not proclaim his own humility, but leave others to do so; nor must the man who preserves his chastity ever boast of it, but recognize that the ability to control his desires has been given him by another.
–Saint Clement (First Century)
Live simply…
Live simply, honestly, always remember that God sees everything, and as for the rest, do not pay attention!
–Elder Anatoly Potapov of Optina (20th Century)
Performed with charity…
An external deed done without charity is without value, but when performed with charity – no matter how small or insignificant the action be – it becomes meritorious. God notes the love that impels the action and not the number of works done.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
Never murmur…
Whoever has known the love of God loves the whole world and never murmurs against his fate, for the burden of sorrow for the sake of God gains eternal joy.
–Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938)
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