On Repentance

12 February 2026
 
There is no sin that God cannot forgive, big or small. God does not measure a man by the magnitude of his sins but by the intensity of his repentance.
 
        Archmandrite Sebastianos Topalis

Hope of Salvation

10 February 2026
 
Never lose hope of salvation. Constantly cry out to God and weep. God never overlooks a soul that wants to be saved and repents, no matter how much it may be wounded in the fight.
 
        Elder Ephraim of Arizona

The Creator of Matter

8 February 2026
 
The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God. ... I do not worship matter. I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake, who willed to take His abode in matter, who worked out my salvation through matter. Never will I cease honoring the matter which wrought my salvation! I honor it, but not as God. Because of this I salute all remaining matter with reverence, because God has filled it with his grace and power. Through it my salvation has come to me.
 
        John of Damascus

Prayer

2 February 2026
 
Whether you are in church, or in your house, or in the country; whether you are guarding sheep, or constructing buildings..., do not stop praying. When you are able, bend your knees, when you cannot, make intercession in your mind, 'at evening and at morning and at midday’. If prayer precedes your work and if, when you rise from your bed, your first movements are accompanied by prayer, sin can find no entrance to attack your soul.
 
        St Ephraim the Syrian

On Temptations

29 January 2026
 
Satan always tempts the pure; the rest are already his.
 
        Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

On Holiness

28 January 2026
 
Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be.
 
       Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

Be a Light

24 January 2026
 
Be a lamp in brightness, and make the works of darkness cease, so that whenever your doctrine shines, no one may dare to heed the desires of darkness.
 
        Ephrem the Syrian