“It is not the self -critical who reveals his humility ( for does not everyone have some how to put up with himself? ). Rather, it is the man who continues to love the person who has criticized him.” MenPersonsDoeSelfSpiritualityHumilityHe ManCriticalOrthodox Christian Author:John Climacus
“God belongs to all free beings. He is the life of all, the salvation of all ~faithful and unfaithful, just and unjust, pious and impious, passionate and dispassionate, monks and laymen, wise and simple, healthy and sick, young and old just as the effusion of light, the sight of the sun, and the changes of the seasons are for all alike; 'for there is no respect of persons with God.'” PersonsLightChristianYoungSimpleSunWiseHealthySeasonsSickSightSalvationPassionateFaithfulOrthodoxUnjustMonkOrthodox ChristianPiousUnfaithfulNo RespectYoung And OldLaymanDispassionate Author:John Climacus
“Holy love has a way of consuming some. This is what is meant by the one who said, 'You have ravished our hearts' (Sg. Of Sgs. 4:9). And it makes others bright and overjoyed. In this regard it has been said: 'My heart was full of trust and I was helped, and my flesh has revived' (Ps. 27:7). For when the heart is cheerful, the face beams (cf. Prov. 15:13), and a man flooded with the love of God reveals in his body, as if in a mirror, the splendor of his soul, a glory like that of Moses when he came face to face with God (cf. Ex. 34:29-35).” IfsMenWayHeartHas BeensSaidSoulBodyChristianFacesMy HeartHolyGloryMirrorsRegardFleshGod LoveOrthodoxCheerfulExesConsumingMosesFace To FaceOrthodox ChristianBeamSplendorCfsOverjoyed Author:John Climacus
“Ascend, my brothers, ascend eagerly. Let your hearts' resolve be to climb. Listen to the voice of the one who says: 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of our God' (Isa. 2:3), Who makes our feet to be like the feet of the deer, 'Who sets us on the high places, that we may be triumphant on His road' (Hab. 3:19).” HeartMayChristianHouseVoiceLordFeetBrotherMountainMy BrotherClimbsOrthodoxResolveOrthodox ChristianDeerTriumphantHigh Places Book:John Climacus (CWS) Source: John Climacus (CWS)
“Everything is possible for the believer. I have watched impure souls mad for physical love but turning what they know of such love into a reason for penance and transferring that same capacity for love to the Lord. I have watched them master fear so as to drive themselves unsparingly toward the love of God. That is why, when talking of that chaste harlot, the Lord does not say, 'because she feared,' but rather, 'because she loved much' she was able to drive out love with love (Lk. 7:47).” KnowsDoeSoulReasonAbleChristianTalkingLordMastersCapacityMadBelieverGod LoveOrthodoxOrthodox ChristianChastePenanceHarlots Book:John Climacus (CWS) Source: John Climacus (CWS)
“When you are depressed, bear in mind the Lord's command to Peter to forgive a sinner seventy times seven (cf. Mt. 18:22). And you may be sure that He Who gave this command to another will Himself do very much more.” MindMayChristianLordBearsForgivingSevenCommandSinnerOrthodoxPeterSeventiesOrthodox ChristianCfs Book:John Climacus (CWS) Source: John Climacus (CWS)
“Do not make judgments, and you will travel no quicker road to the forgiveness of your sins. 'Judge not, so that you may not be judged' (Lk. 6:37).” MayChristianSinJudgingJudgmentOrthodoxJudgedOrthodox Christian Book:John Climacus (CWS) Source: John Climacus (CWS)
“The slave of the belly ponders the menu with which to celebrate the feast. The servant of God, however, thinks of the graces that may enrich him.” ThinkingMayChristianGraceSlaveCelebrateServantOrthodoxBellyOrthodox ChristianPonderingServant Of GodMenus Book:John Climacus (CWS) Source: John Climacus (CWS)
