Even if we have thousands of acts of great virtue to our credit, our confidence in being heard must be based on God’s mercy and His love for men. Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
As we leave church…
We ought not, as soon as we leave church, to plunge into business unsuited to church, but as soon as we get home, we should take the Scriptures into our hands, and call our wife and children to join us in putting together what we have heard in church.
— Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Form good resolutions…
When we once begin to form good resolutions, God gives us every opportunity of carrying them out.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Kingdom of heaven…
They seek not beyond what is necessary, they admire not the beauty of the body, they are not grieved at the loss of worldly wealth, therefore does the Savior say that theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Are you angry?
Are you angry? Be angry at your sins, beat your soul, afflict your conscience, but strict in judgement and a terrible punisher of your own sins. This is the benefit of anger, wherefore God placed it in us.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
When we teach children…
When we teach children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love their fellow men, to regard this present age as nothing, we instill virtue in their souls, and reveal the image of God within them.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
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