Words from the Saints -- May 30, 2024
Gerald Largent
"Let your prayer be completely simple. For both the publican and the prodigal son were reconciled to God by a single phrase." --St. John Climacus
"Prayer demands that the mind should be pure of all thought and should admit nothing not belonging to prayer, even if it were good in itself. As if inspired by God the mind should withdraw from all things and hold its converse with Him alone." --St. Nilus of Sinai
"If 'Christ died on our account in accordance with the Scriptures' (Romans 5:8; 1 Corinthians 15:3), and we do not 'live for ourselves', but 'for Him who died and rose' on our account (2 Corinthians 5:15), it is clear that we are debtors to Christ to serve Him till our death. How then can we regard sonship as something which is our due?" --St. Mark the Ascetic
"Only one who guards himself from all sin can have sincere and fervent faith. Faith is only preserved in the presence of good morals." --St. Nikon of Optina