The word of God is a tree of life that offers us blessed fruit from each of its branches. It is like that rock which was struck open in the wildernes….

Prayer is converse with God, equal honor with the Angels, progress in good things, averting of evils, righting of sinners..

You victorious martyrs who endured torments gladly for the sake of God and Savior, you who have boldness of speech toward the Lord Himself, you saint….

O Lord, we cannot go to the pool of Siloe to which you sent the blind man. But we have the chalice of Your Precious Blood, filled with life and light….

Blessed the one who meditates on death each day and destroys the base passions lurking in the vines of the heart, for he will be consoled in the mome….

No one is truly poor but except the one who lacks the truth..

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 s….

O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the spirit of chastity, humi….

When you begin to read or listen to the Holy Scriptures, pray to God thus: "Lord Jesus Christ, open the ears and eyes of my heart so that I may hear ….

If you are an ardent reader, seek not brilliant and erudite texts; otherwise the demon of haughtiness will strike your heart. But like a wise bee tha….

The seed, swollen with moisture, burst asunder its covering of soil and out peers the blade of wheat, full of symbols. So faith, whose bosom is fille….

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 dark….

Let books be your dining table, / And you shall be full of delights. / Let them be your mattress,/And you shall sleep restful nights.

It is blasphemy if you pray before God while you are full of anger..

Anyone who wants to be an example to others, must first examine himself..

Be a lamp in brightness, and make the works of darkness cease, so that whenever your doctrine shines, no one may dare to heed the desires of darkness..

Whoever fears God stands above all manner of fear. He has become a stranger to all the fear of this world and placed it far from himself, and no mann….

Blessed the one who has become a good spiritual net and caught many for the good Lord, such a one will greatly praised by the Lord..

Don't let your eyes look here and there, and don't look on someone elses' beauty, so that the devil will not conquer you with the help of your eyes..

Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own sin and not to judge my brother, for You are blessed from all ages to all ages. Amen.

Scripture brought me to the Gate of Paradise, and the mind stood in wonder as it entered..