“Great is the fast which makes God sympathetic, tames the lions, and terrifies the devils.” – St. Jerome #advent #dailyreading …
‘How does it decay? Being scourged, being persecuted, suffering ten thousand extremities. Yet the inward man is renewed day by …
‘Angels do not discuss the divine essence, but they sing triumphal and mystic odes.’ – St John Chrysostom . . …
Do not covet a life, that is free of afflictions; as that, is not for your own good. – St …
“There is nothing under the sky that disturbs or bothers me. For I’m protected in that impregnable fortress inside the …