Tag: grace

“For only tears will enlighten your mind, illuminate your soul, arouse your heart, make you more fervent in the divine … More

I didn’t know how much I longed for Him. How the words I have read so many times of His … More

“Where the sign of the Cross is, magic is weak and witchcraft has no strength.” – St. Antony of Egypt

“When someone mortifies his passions by the ascetic life, a divine ray shines in his heart and banishes all thoughts … More

“It is not first of all miracles which reveal God to men, but something about God that is revealed to … More

“For you know the treachery of the demons, how fierce they are, but how little power they have. Wherefore fear … More

“Believe, therefore, also yourselves, and you shall see that with us there is no trick of words, but faith through … More

Paesius, the brother of Poemen, loved one of the monks and Poemen did not like it. So he went and … More

“It is in accepting given situations, which requires a loving heart, that one encounters God.” – St. Seraphim Rose

A hermit said, ‘He who bears scorn and injury and loss with patience, can be saved.’ – Sayings of the … More