Words from the Saints – August 25, 2022
Gerald Largent
"When God wants to have mercy on someone, He inspires someone else to pray for him, and He helps in this prayer." --St. Silouan of Mt. Athos
"The beginning of evil is heedlessness." --St. Poemen
"He who stands in awe of God searches for the divine principles that God has implanted in creation; the lover of truth finds them." --St. Thalassios the Libyan
"The remembrance of God is suffering of heart endured in a spirit of devotion. But he who forgets God becomes self-indulgent and insensitive." --St. Mark the Ascetic
"What use is it if we distribute all of our goods to the poor, but fail to make a break with evil and to hate sin? What use is it if, while we do not actively commit bodily sin, we mentally engage in shameful and unclean thoughts and invisibly commit sin and are governed and controlled by unrestrained passions of the soul?" --St. Simeon the New Theologian
"It is not an abundance of words that supplicate God, but a pure soul which manifests good deeds." --St. John Chrysostom