Words from the Saints -- March 25, 2021
Gerald Largent
"Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence." --St. Basil the Great
"Repentance is the beginning, middle and end of the Christian way of life..." --St. Gregory Palamas
"'I have sinned' is just three syllables; and yet in these three syllables the flames of the heart's sacrifice rise up to heaven." --St Augustine of Hippo
"He who has learned the law properly fears the Lawgiver and, fearing Him, he turns away from every evil." --St. Mark the Ascetic
"Fearful afflictions await the hard of heart, for without great sufferings they cannot become pliable and responsive." --St. Thalassios the Libyan
"The knowledge of God does not reside in a body that loves comforts." --St Isaac of Syria