We should not attach…
We should not attach much value to what we have given God, since we shall receive for the little we have bestowed upon him much more in this life and in the next.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
We are washed clean…
Therefore, beloved, we are washed clean but once; we are freed only once; we are received into the immortal kingdom once and for all. Once and for all are they happy whose sins are forgiven and whose stains are blotted out. Hold fast to what you have received; preserve it joyfully; sin no more. Keep yourselves as children cleansed by that sacrament and made spotless for the day of the Lord.
— Saint Pacian (c. 310-391)
God walks in the scriptures…
As in paradise, God walks in the Holy Scriptures, seeking man.
— St. Ambrose of Milan (339 – 397)
Nourish the soul…
One should nourish the soul with the word of God: for the word of God, as St. Gregory the Theologian says, is angelic bread, by which are nourished souls who hunger for God. Most of all, one should occupy oneself with reading the New Testament and the Psalter, which one should do standing up. From this there occurs an enlightenment in the mind, which is in the mind, which is changed by a Divine change.
–Saint Seraphim of Sarov (1754-1833)
When you read…
When you read God’s Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, “It is talking to me, and about me.”
— Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
Most people are…
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.
— Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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