Words from the Saints – May 19, 2022
Gerald Largent
"Reading the Holy Scriptures is like a treasure. With a treasure, you see, anyone able to find a tiny nugget gains for himself great wealth; likewise in the case of Sacred Scripture, you can get from a small phrase a great wealth of thought and immense riches." --St. John Chrysostom
"How great is the wisdom which the Lord has infused even into little creatures! The turtledove covers her nest with onion sprouts to prevent wolves from attacking her fledglings. She knows that wolves usually shun these sprouts. Why are you heedless in not making provision against the onslaughts of the iniquitous wolves of the spirit by providing greater security for the life which will follow this?" --St. Ambrose of Milan
"No one in creation is rich but he that fears God; no one is truly poor but he that lacks the truth." --St. Ephraim the Syrian
"All who truly believe in Christ and cleave to Him with all their soul, are changed into His image by the power of His Resurrection." --St. Theophan the Recluse
"We must consider all evil things, even the passions which war against us, to be not our own, but of our enemy the devil. This is very important. You can only conquer a passion when you do not consider it as part of you." --St. Nikon of Optina