"And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
"Afflictions for God's sake are dearer to Him than any prayer or sacrifice." + St. Isaac the Syrian (+700) Homilies, 58
So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
"It is more important that we should remember God than that we should breathe: indeed, if one may say so, we should do nothing else besides." + St. Gregory the Theologian (+390) Oration 27
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
"If you are truly merciful, then when what is yours is unjustly taken, don't be sad inside, and do not tell of your loss to your neighbor. Let a bitter loss, inflicted by those who insult you, be absorbed by your mercy." + St. Isaac the Syrian (+700) Homilies, 58
A fool's wrath is known at once, But a prudent man covers shame.
"Whoever does not voluntarily withdraw himself from the causes of the passions is involuntarily drawn away by sin." + St. Isaac the Syrian (+700) Homily 5 : On Keeping Ohat Disquiete From the World and From All Things that Disquiet the Intellect
So Jesus answered and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' it will be done.
"The worst kind of sin is not to acknowledge that you are sinful." + St. Caesarius of Arles (+542) Commentary on I John, 1:8
And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
"Prayer consisting of words alone does not help if the heart does not participate in prayer." + St. Nikolai Velimirovich (+1956) Prologue of Ohrid, P. 266, Reflection, May 5
Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.
"Attentiveness is the sign of true repentance. It is the soul's restoration, hatred of the world, and return to God. It is rejection of sin and recovery of virtue. It is the unreserved assurance that our sins are forgiven." + St. Nikiphoros the Hesychast (+1295) Philokalia IV (p. 204)
For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
"The Lord is always by our side, no matter how sinful we are and He does not abandon us, no matter how much we abandon Him." + Metropolitan Chrysostomos III of Mani Sunday of the Paralytic: Do Not Say You Are Alone
Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel— rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.
“It is a fact, brothers and sisters, that the path of the saints in this life is one full of troubles." + St. Athanasius the Great (+373)