“Let us strive to enter the narrow gate. Just as the trees, if they have not stood before the winter’s storms cannot bear fruit, so it is with us; this present age is a storm and it is only through many trials and temptations that we can obtain an inheritance in the kingdom of heaven.” …
“This living water is great, for it is the gift of the Holy Spirit…may it flow within me, may this that gives eternal life flow in and over me. May the Source flow on us and not far away from us; for wisdom says: “Drink water from your own cisterns, and running water from your …
“The Will is like a brass wall between man and God. It is like a stumbling stone by which we go against and oppose the Will of God”. Abba Poemen. . . . . . “Therefore eternal and divine things are to be followed, and all things must be done after the will of God, …
“Believing in Christ as the Messiah and Son of God does not leave a person unchanged and in the same status. This faith leads the believer to enjoy eternal life, rejoice in the Lord’s name and in His person as He is life itself.” St John Chrysostom #StThomasSunday #doubt #faith #eternallife #HolyFifty #ChristisRisen #TrulyHeisRisen #dailyreadings …
“We need to sit beside the One and only teacher, Christ. We must adhere to Him continuously and never separate. He is our LORD who knows well how to guide our footsteps toward life without end….For, it befits us, thus, to rise to the heavenly divine dwellings and proceed toward the Church of the first …