Words from the Saints -- January 25, 2024
Gerald Largent
"As salt is needed for all kinds of food, so humility is needed for all kinds of virtues." --St. Isaac the Syrian
"Sin has reigned over us and the inventor and father of sin has lorded it over all who dwell under the sky, provoking the transgression of the divine laws. But in Christ we see human nature, enjoying freedom of access to God." --St. Cyril of Alexandria
"The rule of life for a perfect person is to be in the image and likeness of God." --St. Clement of Alexandria
"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
"Let not one think, my fellow Christian, that only priests and monks need to 'pray with out ceasing' (1 Thessalonians 5:17) and not laymen No, no; every Christian without exception ought to dwell always in prayer." --St. Gregory Palamas
"The Lord Himself commanded that we pray unceasingly, not just with the tongue to be heard by men, but rather enclosed in the room 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