Words from the Saints -- May 22, 2025
Gerald Largent
"When in His compassion for man the Word of God became flesh, He changed neither what He was nor what He became." --St. Thalassios the Libyan
"Just as the Samaritan woman abandoned her water jar to follow the Savior, let us abandon the cares of this world to follow Christ with all our hearts." --St. Seraphim of Sarov:
"The Lord speaks with each of us in the same way He spoke to the Samaritan woman: not to condemn but to reveal the living water that flows from His side." --St. Augustine of Hippo
"The woman at the well represents all of us. We, too, are thirsty for the living water of Christ, which He alone can give, and when we drink of it, we are transformed." --St. Nikolai Velimirovich
"Sometimes people are tested by pleasure, sometimes by distress or by physical suffering. By means of His prescriptions the Physician of souls administers the remedy according to the cause of the passions (spiritual struggles) lying hidden in the soul." --St. Maximos the Confessor
"Try to know yourself, your own wickedness. Think on the greatness of God and your wretchedness. Meditate on the suffering of Christ, the magnitude of whose love and suffering surpass our understanding. Ascribe the good that you do to God alone. Do not think about the sin of a brother but about what in him is better than in yourself .... Flee from glory, honors and praise, but if this is impossible, be sorry that such is your lot. Be benevolent to people of low origin. Be freely and willingly obedient not only to those above you but to those below .... The lowlier we are in spirit, the better we know ourselves, and without humility we cannot see God." --St. Tikhon of Zadonsk