Holy Fathers and Saints

love humanity

I am starting this thread so we can share sayings of the Holy Fathers and Saints to inspire us.

In Christ, with Love : )

Temptations come so that hidden passions may be revealed and so that it will be possible to fight them, and so that the soul may be rid of them. They are also a sign of God's mercy. So give yourself with trust into God's hands and ask his help, so that he will strengthen you in your struggle. God knows how much each one can bear and allows temptations according to the measure of our strength. Remember that after temptation comes spiritual joy, and that the Lord protects them that endure temptations and suffering for the sake of His love.
(St. Nektarius of Aegina, The Path to Happiness, 4)

Timberrrrrrrr

If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the girl’s virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house.

Deuteronomy 22:20-1

love humanity

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the girl’s virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house.

Deuteronomy 22:20-1

Interesting verse. Can you use exegesis on it for us? And perhaps go into detail of the covenant in question and which law, be it ceremonial or moral, is being used or to which society of people 's rules it was directed to over 3000 years ago?

Delirium

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the girl’s virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house.

Deuteronomy 22:20-1

MOD NOTE

I'm presuming you don't actually view that as an inspirational quote.

From the OP:

I am starting this thread so we can share sayings of the Holy Fathers and Saints to inspire us.

If you're going to post quotes you find inspirational, I'd ask that you do it with some sincerity.

Thanks for your attention.

love humanity

Open to me the door of loving-kindness, O our Lord, Who art full of mercy, stretch out Thine hand to me, O Good and Merciful One, and return me to the fold of Thy sheep, that I may glorify Thy kindness - St. Ephraim the Syrian

love humanity

“Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly the angel who guards you will honour your patience. While a wound is still fresh and warm it is easy to heal, but old, neglected and festering ones are hard to cure, and require for their care much treatment, cutting, plastering and cauterization. Many from long neglect become incurable. But with God all things are possible [Matthew 19:26].”

+ St. John Climicus, Step 5.30, Ladder of Divine Ascent

solodeogloria

love humanity wrote: »

I am starting this thread so we can share sayings of the Holy Fathers and Saints to inspire us.

In Christ, with Love : )

Temptations come so that hidden passions may be revealed and so that it will be possible to fight them, and so that the soul may be rid of them. They are also a sign of God's mercy. So give yourself with trust into God's hands and ask his help, so that he will strengthen you in your struggle. God knows how much each one can bear and allows temptations according to the measure of our strength. Remember that after temptation comes spiritual joy, and that the Lord protects them that endure temptations and suffering for the sake of His love.
(St. Nektarius of Aegina, The Path to Happiness, 4)

Good evening!

We're all saints in the Lord Jesus Christ. We encourage one another daily. (Ephesians 4:1-16)

Much thanks in the Lord Jesus Christ,
solodeogloria

love humanity

solodeogloria wrote: »

Good evening!

We're all saints in the Lord Jesus Christ. We encourage one another daily. (Ephesians 4:1-16)

Much thanks in the Lord Jesus Christ,
solodeogloria

Good evening and God bless you Indeed the Lord lives friend.

Eramen

"To comprehend and to understand God above all similitudes, as He is in Himself, is to be God with God, without intermediary, and without any otherness that can become a hindrance or an intermediary. Whosoever wishes to understand this must have died to himself, and must live in God, and must turn his gaze to the eternal light in the ground of his spirit, where the Hidden Truth reveals Itself without means."

- The Blessed Jan Van Ruysbroeck

love humanity

When you are praying alone, and your spirit is dejected, and you are wearied and oppressed by your loneliness, remember then, as always, that God the Trinity looks upon you with eyes brighter than the sun; also all the angels, your own Guardian Angel, and all the
saints of God. Truly they do; for they are all one in God, and where God is, there are they also. Where the sun is, thither also are directed all its rays. Try to understand what this means. Always pray with a fervent heart; and to attain to this, never eat and drink excessively. Remember with Whom you are conversing. Men very often forget with Whom they are conversing during prayer, Who are the witnesses of their prayer. They forget that they are conversing with the Vigilant and the All-seeing God; that all the Heavenly Powers and the saints of God are listening to their converse.
St John of Kronstadt

hinault

I do believe, Lord: help my unbelief
Mark 9-23