Words from the Saints -- August 29, 2017
Gerald Largent
"The room of the soul is the body; its doors are the five bodily senses. The soul enters its room when the mind does not wander here and there, roaming among the things and affairs of the world, but stays within, in our hearts. Our senses become closed and re main closed when we do not let them be passionately attached to external sensory things and in this way our mind remains free from every worldly attachment, and by secret mental prayer unites with God our Father." --St.Gregory Palamas
"Never confuse the person, formed in the image of God, with the evil that is in him: because evil is but a chance misfortune, an illness, a devilish reverie. But the very essence of the person is the image of God, and this remains in him despite every disfigurement." --St. John of Kronstadt
"It may be that a man seems to be silent, but if his heart judges others, then he is always speaking." --St. Pimen the Great
"Estrangement and turning away from God are more unbearable than the punishments expected in hell." --St. Basil the Great