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So let us spread before his feet, not garments or soulless olive branches, which delight the eye for a few hours and then wither, but ourselves, clothed in his grace, or rather, clothed completely in him. We who have been baptized into Christ must ourselves be the garments that we spread before him. Now that the crimson stains of our sins have been washed away in the saving waters of baptism and we have become white as pure wool, let us present the conqueror of death, not with mere branches of palms but with the real rewards of his victory. Let our souls take the place of the welcoming branches as we join today in the children’s holy song: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the king of Israel.”
— Saint Andrew of Crete (Seventh and Eighth Century)
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Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.
–Saint Leo the Great (c. 400-461)
Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Struggle (with Sin)
If temptation comes upon you in the place where you are living, do not abandon the place where temptation came upon you; otherwise, no matter where you go, you will be confronted there by that from which are fleeing.
–The Desert Fathers (and Mothers)
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Pray that temptation may not come to you; but when it comes, accept it as your due and not undeserved.
–Saint Mark the Ascetic (Fifth Century)
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If a man tries to overcome temptations without prayer and patient endurance, he will become more entangled in them instead of driving them away.
–Saint Mark the Ascetic (Fifth Century)
Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
The soul is a breath of living spirit, that with excellent sensitivity, permeates the entire body to give it life. Just so, the breath of the air makes the earth fruitful. Thus the air is the soul of the earth, moistening it, greening it.
–Saint Hildegarde of Bingen (1098-1179)
