John Chrysostom (347-407), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
Great is the profit of the divine Scriptures, and all-sufficient is the aid which comes from them…. For the divine oracles are a treasury of all manner of medicines, so that whether it be needful to quench pride, to lull desire to sleep, to tread under foot the love of money, to despise pain, to inspire confidence, to gain patience, from them one may find abundant resource.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Church, John Chrysostom (347-407), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
The Church is a hospital, and not a courtroom, for souls. She does not condemn on behalf of sins, but grants remission of sins. Nothing is so joyous in our life as the thanksgiving that we experience in the Church. In the Church, the joyful sustain their joy. In the Church, those worried acquire merriment, and those saddened, joy. In the Church, the troubled find relief, and the heavy-laiden, rest.
— Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
John Chrysostom (347-407), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
Let us have mercy, that we be shown mercy, that we be forgiven.
— Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
John Chrysostom (347-407), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Struggle (with Sin)
As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Humility, John Chrysostom (347-407), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue.
— Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Julian of Norwich (1342-1416), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
The Lord said in a vision: Pray inwardly, even though you find no joy in it. For it does good, though you feel nothing, see nothing, yes, even though you think you cannot pray. For when you are dry and empty, sick and weak, your prayers please me, though there be little enough to please you. All believing prayer is precious to me.
— Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
