27 April 2020

On Relationship with Others

A Christian must be courteous to all. His words and deeds should breathe
with the grace of the Holy Spirit, which abides in his soul, so that in this
way he might glorify the name of God. He who regulates all of his speech
also regulates all of his actions. He who keeps watch over the words he is
about say also keeps watch over the deeds he intends to do, and he never
goes out of the bounds good and benevolent conduct. The graceful speech
of a Christian is characterized by delicateness and politeness. This fact,
born of love, produces peace and joy. On the other hand, boorishness gives
birth to hatred, enmity, affliction, competitiveness, disorder and wars.

                                                                                         St. Nektarius of Aegina

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