“[The Lord] is exceedingly meek and lowly, and when the soul sees Him she is all transformed into love for God and her neighbour...becomes meek and lowly herself. But if a man lose grace, he will weep like Adam cast out of paradise.”
Source: A Year in the Holy Spirit with Saint Silouan the Athonite: - A Calendar of Daily Quotes
“[T]o the man who beseeches the Lord all things are given, not because we are worthy but because the Lord is merciful and loves us.”
Source: A Year in the Holy Spirit with Saint Silouan the Athonite: - A Calendar of Daily Quotes
“When a small child calls out, "I want bread! I am hungry," does his mother not...prepare him something to eat? Likewise, if all day we call out, "We want to be saved!...Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us." will Christ not send us His mercy?”
Source: Daily Quotes from "Words of the Heart" by Gerondissa Makrina Vassopoulou
“The purpose of judgment must be that the one you are judging should mend his ways, and you must be compassionate with every soul...and in all things preserve a clear conscience yourself. Then deep peace will reign in mind and soul.”
Source: A Year in the Holy Spirit with Saint Silouan the Athonite: - A Calendar of Daily Quotes
“We believe that true freedom means not sinning, in order to love God and one's neighbour with our whole heart and our whole strength. True freedom means constant dwelling in God.”
Source: A Year in the Holy Spirit with Saint Silouan the Athonite: - A Calendar of Daily Quotes
“And the Mother of God - what was her love for the Lord, her Son? No human being can conceive of the nature of her love save the Mother of God herself. But the Spirit of God opens our eyes to love. And in her was and is this same Spirit of God, Which is love, and therefore he who has come to know the Holy Spirit is able in part to conceive of the nature even of her love.”
Source: A Year in the Holy Spirit with Saint Silouan the Athonite: - A Calendar of Daily Quotes
“Humility is the light in which we may behold the Light which is God – in the words of the Psalmist: “In thy light shall we see light.”
Source: A Year in the Holy Spirit with Saint Silouan the Athonite: - A Calendar of Daily Quotes
“It is not he who disparages himself who shows humility (for who will not put up with himself?), but he who maintains the same love for the very man who reproaches him.”
Source: Divine Ascent - Daily Quotes
“When the soul is full of the love of God, out of infinite joy she sorrows and in tears prays for the whole world, that all men may come to know their Lord and heavenly Father. There is no rest for her, nor does she desire rest, until all mankind delights in the grace of His love.”
Source: A Year in the Holy Spirit with Saint Silouan the Athonite: - A Calendar of Daily Quotes
“You surrendered yourself to me. Now be a good girl and draw his blood for me.”
Source: Hemlock