“The sign of sincere love is to forgive wrongs done to us. It was with such love that the Lord loved the world.” Quote by Marcus Eremita
“We cannot with all our heart forgive someone who does us wrong unless we possess real knowledge. For this knowledge shows us that we deserve all we experience.” HeartDoeRealShowsForgivenessDeserveForgivingReal Knowledge Author:Marcus Eremita
“No one is as good and merciful as the Lord. But even He does not forgive the unrepentant.” DoeLordForgivenessForgivingMerciful Author:Marcus Eremita
“The fear of God illumines the soul, annihilates evil, weakens the passions, drives darkness from the soul and makes it pure. The fear of God is the summit of wisdom. Where it is not you will find nothing good. Whoever does not have the fear of God is open to diabolical falls.” InspirationalDoeSoulChristianFallPassionEvilReligiousDarknessPureOrthodoxSummitDiabolical Author:Ephrem the Syrian
“Whoever has become a servant of the Lord fears only his Master. But whoever is without the fear of God is often afraid of his own shadow. Fearfulness is the daughter of unbelief. A proud soul is the slave of fear; hoping in itself, in comes to such a state that it is startled by a small noise, and is afraid of the dark.” InspirationalSoulStatesChristianReligiousDarkLordMastersProudDaughterShadowSlaveNoiseServantOrthodoxUnbelief Author:John Climacus
“Every Christian should find for himself the imperative and incentive to become holy. If you live without struggle and without hope of becoming holy, then you are Christians only in name and not in essence. But without holiness, no one shall see the Lord, that is to say they will not attain eternal blessedness. It is a trustworthy saying that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners (I Tim. 1:15). But we deceive ourselves if we think that we are saved while remaining sinners. Christ saves those sinners by giving them the means to become saints.” IfsThinkingWorldInspirationalGivingShouldMeanChristianJesusNamesChristReligiousLordStruggleBecomingHolyEternalJesus ChristEssenceSaintSavedHolinessSinnerOrthodoxDeceivingIncentivesImperativesTrustworthyWithout HopeBlessedness Author:Patriarch Philaret of Moscow
“The Church is holy, although there are sinners within her. Those who sin, but who cleanse themselves with true repentance, do not keep the Church from being holy. But unrepentant sinners are cut off, whether visibly by Church authority, or invisible by the judgement of God, from the body of the Church. And so in this regard the Church remains holy.” InspirationalBodyChristianChurchReligiousSinCuttingHolyAuthorityRegardRemainsInvisibleJudgementSinnerOrthodoxRepentanceTrue Repentance Author:Patriarch Philaret of Moscow
“If someone puts his trust in God in a matter, let him not argue with his brother about it.” IfsInspirationalMatterChristianReligiousBrotherArguingOrthodoxTrust In God Author:Marcus Eremita
“It is better to pray with good will for our neighbor, rather than to denounce him for every sin.” InspirationalChristianReligiousSinPrayingNeighborOrthodoxGood Will Author:Marcus Eremita
“Do not attempt to benefit by rebukes one who boasts of his virtues, for he loves to display himself can not be a lover of truth.” InspirationalChristianReligiousVirtueLoversBenefitsOrthodoxDisplayCan NotBoastRebuke Author:Marcus Eremita
“Whoever with fear of God corrects and directs a sinner gains virtue for himself, that of opposition to sin. But whoever insults a sinner with rancor and without good will falls, according to a spiritual law, into the same passion with the sinner.” InspirationalChristianSpiritualLawFallPassionReligiousSinVirtueGainsInsultOppositionSinnerOrthodoxGood WillRancor Author:Marcus Eremita