Words from the Saints -- February 15, 2024
Gerald Largent
"When pride retreats from a man, humility begins to dwell in him, and the more pride is diminished, so much more does humility grow. The one gives way to the other as its opposite. Darkness departs and light appears. Pride is darkness, but humility is light." --St. Tikhon of Zadonsk
"It is impossible that one who has turned to the world and feels its anxieties, and engages his heart in the wish to please men, can fulfill that first and great commandment of the Master, 'You shall love God with all your heart and with all your strength' (Matthew 22:37)." --St. Gregory of Nyssa
"God is a fire that warms and kindles the heart and inward parts. And so, if we feel in our hearts coldness, which is from the devil,--for the devil is cold--then let us call upon the Lord, and He will come and warm our hearts with perfect love not only for Him, but for our neighbor as well. And from the presence of warmth the coldness of the hater of good will be driven away." --St. Seraphim of Sarov