Words from the Saints -- May 16, 2024
Gerald Largent
"God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist." --St. Augustine of Hippo
"I was born in the way of truth: though my childhood was unaware of the greatness of the benefit, I knew it when trial came." --St. Ephraim the Syrian
"For Your sake we came into being, so that we might delight in the paradise which You have planted and in which You have placed us." --St. Thalassios the Libyan
"Do not neglect to eliminate any fault, no matter how small, for it may lead you on to greater sins." --St. Mark the Ascetic
"The Christian struggle is glorious, for the prize is not something ephemeral, but it is eternal glory up in heaven! Blessed is he who is wise in GOD, for no account will be demanded of him, and he will not find himself in a difficult position when GOD calls him to give an account for his time on earth." --Elder Ephraim of Mount Athos
"There is only one physician, who is both flesh and spirit, born and unborn, God in man, true life in death, both from Mary and from God, first subject to suffering and then beyond it, Jesus Christ our Lord." --St. Ignatius of Antioch