Words from the Saints -- June 19, 2025
Gerald Largent
“This life has been given to you for repentance; do not waste it in vain pursuits.” --St. Isaac the Syrian
“In our times, we need to be confessors. We must not be ashamed of our faith.” --St. Paisios the Athonite
“Every saint is a proof of the victory of Christ over the devil, sin, and death.” --St. Nikolai Velimirovich
“We must not measure our efforts by the standards of men, but by the example of the saints who followed Christ to the end.” --St. Basil the Great
“Faith is the door to the mysteries. What the eyes are for the visible world, faith is for the invisible.” --St. Theophan the Recluse
“The lives of the saints are nothing else but the life of the Lord Christ, repeated in every saint, more or less clearly and more or less completely.” --St. Justin Popovich
“The road to the kingdom is not easy. Many are the sorrows of the righteous. But [the sorrows] do not overcome them. For Christ walks with them.” --St. John Chrysostom