“Just as those who are deprived of light cannot walk straight, so also those who do not behold the ray of the Holy Scriptures must necessarily sin, since they walk in the deepest darkness.” InspirationalLightChristianReligiousSinWalksDarknessHolyScriptureOrthodoxRaysDeprivedHoly Scriptures Author:Saint John Chrysostom
“Do not forsake prayer, for just as the body becomes weak when it is deprived of food, so also the soul when it is deprived of prayer draws nigh to weakness and noetic death.” InspirationalSoulBodyChristianReligiousPrayerDrawsWeaknessWeakOrthodoxDeprivedForsake Author:Gennadius of Constantinople
“Who is far from love is a bad state, and to be pitied. He passes his days in a delirious dream, far from God, deprived of light, and he lives in darkness ... Whoever does not have the love of Christ is an enemy of Christ. He walks in darkness and is easily lead into any sin.” InspirationalDoeStatesDreamLightChristianChristReligiousSinWalksLove IsEnemyDarknessOrthodoxDeprivedDelirious Author:Ephrem the Syrian