Words from the Saints -- January 26, 2023
Gerald Largent
"Whether or not they are alive, we ought to keep clear of those who are in the grip of such dreadful errors. It is necessary always to avoid what is harmful, and not to be worried about public opinion but rather to consider what is pleasing to God. [Titus 3:10-11]" --St. Cyril of Alexandria
"Nothing created by God is evil. It is not food that is evil but gluttony, not the begetting of children but unchastity, not material things but avarice, not esteem but self-esteem. It is only the misuse of things that is evil, not the things themselves." --St. Maximos the Confessor
"If someone shuts a snake and a scorpion up in a bottle, in time, they will be completely destroyed. So it is with evil thoughts: they are suggested by the demons; they disappear through patience." --St. Poemen
"Blessed is the one who honors the Saints and loves his neighbor and has banished envy from his own soul; envy through which Cain became his brothers' murderer." --St. Ephraim of Syria