Page: Quotes, Prayer (how), Quote Topic
Let your prayer be completely simple. For both the publican and the prodigal son were reconciled to God by a single phrase… Before all else let us list sincere thanksgiving first on our prayer-card. On the second line we should put confession, and heartfelt contrition of soul. Then let us present our petition to the King of all… This is the best way of prayer, as it was shown to one of the brethren by an angel of the Lord. Do not be over-sophisticated in the words you use when praying, because the simple and unadorned lisping of children has often won the heart of their heavenly Father… If you feel sweetness or compunction at some word of your prayer, dwell on it; for then our guardian angel is praying with us.
–Saint John Climacus (c. 525-606)
Abandonment (of self), Humility, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
Complete trust in God – that’s what holy humility is. Complete obedience to God, without protest, without reaction, even when some things seem difficult and unreasonable. Abandonment to the hands of God.
–Saint Porphyrios (1906-1991)
Page: Quotes
He is not just everywhere, but also above all, not just in every age and time, but before them all. And, according to the promise, the Holy Spirit will not just be with us until the end of the age, but rather will stay with those who are worthy in the age to come, making them immortal and filling their bodies as well with eternal glory, as the Lord indicated by telling His disciples, “I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever.” (John 14:16)
–Saint Gregory Palamas (1296-1359)
Grace, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
It is the Holy Spirit who is the river of peace, the torrent of wealth, the river of gladness, the flowing stream of delight, and the abundance of God’s house. For he is himself the love that unites bride and Bridegroom in the city of glory and constitutes the entire happiness of all who live there. That love which is the Holy Spirit is the life of the holy angels and of all saintly souls.
–Rupert of Deutz (1075-1130)
Augustine (354-430), Page: Quotes, Prayer (how), Quote Author, Quote Topic
We pray least when we say most.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Eucharist, Grace, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
The river of God is brimming with water; that is to say, we are inundated by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. And from that fountain of life the river of God pours into us in full flood. We also have food prepared for us. And who is this food? It is he in whom we are prepared for life with God, for by receiving his holy body we receive a place in the communion of his holy body… These gifts enter us like a gentle rain, and once having done so, little by little, they bring forth fruit in abundance.
–Saint Hilary of Poitiers (c. 300-368)
