Words from the Saints -- May 5, 2022
Gerald Largent
"Years are not needed for true repentance, and not days, but only an instant." --St. Ambrose of Optina
"The tongue of a back-biting soul is three-pronged: it injures the speaker, the listener and sometimes the person being maligned." --St. Thalassios the Libyan
"It is right, therefore, that we not just be called Christians, but that we actually be Christians." --St. Ignatius of Antioch
"In all of our deeds God looks at the intention, whether we do it for His sake, or for the sake of some other intention." --St. Maximos the Confessor
"Prayer is hard work and a great struggle to one's last breath." --Abba Agathon