The Grace of the Holy Spirit, true faith in God, united to all good works and the confession of the...
Don’t impose on your children without discernment. I tie my tomatoes up with pieces of cloth. If I tied them...
That’s what evil’s like: it darkens the reason and brings to the edge of the cliff those who’ve gone astray...
We should learn to love rather than want other people to love us. We should love everyone and make selfless...
Wealth doesn’t destroy and neither does poverty. What does destroy is bad intentions, which cannot use either of these states...
There are people who never turn to God and never pray. Suddenly their soul experiences melancholy, their spirit worry and...
All Christians want to go to paradise, but they don’t want to work for paradise. It’s not enough just to...
Before you come to Holy Communion, pay attention to what you say: ‘Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our...
People who won’t accept a word of advice, even from people who love them, are, in the end, like warped...
When people begin to be steadfastly united with God in prayer, they never want to be separated from Him. Because...
When we think of the saints, they think of us and help us. So you make friends with the saints,...
Fervent love for Christ nourishes more than any material food and gives lots of calories to the soul and body....
The intellect is the organ of wisdom, whereas the reason is that of knowledge. The natural, internal certainty of the...
If somebody accuses you of committing a sin that you didn’t do, humble yourself and you’ll inherit the crown of...
Every power of the enemy and the devil is destroyed by patience. Cut off your will and don’t seek any...
People who are proud of the gifts they’ve received and boast as if they hadn’t received them from God (I...
The Church of Christ is Catholic in the sense that it contains the full complement of truth and Grace for...
Those who believe that they’ve achieved the limit of virtue will no longer seek the ultimate Cause Who provides all...
God always helps, He always arrives, but it needs patience. When we cry out, He always hears immediately, but not...
Meekness and patience have greater power than anger and stubbornness. You can’t put out a fire with fire, but with...
