27 June 2022
Blessed is the mind which, praying without distraction, acquires ever
greater longing for God.
Saint Nilus of Sinai
On Tranquility
21 June 2022
The first stage of this tranquility consists in silencing the lips when the heart is excited. The second, in silencing the mind when the soul is still excited. The goal is a perfect peacefulness even in the middle of the raging storm.
Saint John Climacus
The first stage of this tranquility consists in silencing the lips when the heart is excited. The second, in silencing the mind when the soul is still excited. The goal is a perfect peacefulness even in the middle of the raging storm.
Saint John Climacus
The Gift of Discernment
12 June 2022
Steer the ship of my life, good Lord, to your quiet harbor, where I can be safe from the storms of sin and conflict. Show me the course I should take. Renew in me the gift of discernment, so that I can always see the right direction in which I should go.
Saint Basil the Great
Steer the ship of my life, good Lord, to your quiet harbor, where I can be safe from the storms of sin and conflict. Show me the course I should take. Renew in me the gift of discernment, so that I can always see the right direction in which I should go.
Saint Basil the Great
Grace and Free Will
5 June 2022
Grace is necessary to salvation, free will equally so – but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it.
Saint Bernard of Clairvau
Grace is necessary to salvation, free will equally so – but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it.
Saint Bernard of Clairvau
On Pride
2 June 2022
You must ask God to give you power to fight against the sin of pride which is your greatest enemy — the root of all that is evil, and the failure of all that is good. For God resists the proud.
Saint Vincent de Paul
You must ask God to give you power to fight against the sin of pride which is your greatest enemy — the root of all that is evil, and the failure of all that is good. For God resists the proud.
Saint Vincent de Paul
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