Words from the Saints -- January 23, 2018
Gerald Largent
"Do not forsake prayer, for just as the body becomes weak when it is deprived of food, so also the soul when it is deprived of prayer draws nigh to weakness and spiritual death." --St. Gennadius of Constantinople
"The Lord Himself commanded that we pray unceasingly, not just with the tongue to be heard by men, but rather enclosed in the cell of the heart, so that the Lord can hear and see us." --St. Nikolai Velimirovich
"What I see around me would drive me insane, if I did not know that no matter what happens, God will have the last word." --St. Paisios
"A truly humble person never behaves like a teacher; he will listen, and, whenever his opinion is requested, he responds humbly. In other words, he replies like a student. He who believes that he is capable of correcting others is filled with egotism." --St. Paisios
"'Seek' (He says) 'and you shall find': but how can we find the Lord? Consider how gold is found - with much labor…that is, just as we seek what is lost, so let us seek God. Do we not concentrate our mind thereon? Do we not enquire of every one?" --St. John Chrysostom
"The beginning on the right path is knowing and recognizing one's own inabilities." --St. Porphyrios