Wisdom from the Fathers

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Quote from Today’s Saint – Theodore the Studite

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What You Should Be Doing When You Look at the Sky

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“When you look at the sky and the beauty of the stars, throw yourself at God’s feet and adore Him...

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Hell Can’t Be Made Attractive

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St. John Chrysostom on Acts 2:1

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"Until the day when he was taken up": He does not say, 'ascended;' he still speaks as concerning a man....

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An Introduction to the Acts of the Apostles by St. John Chrysostom

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The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, - Acts 1:1...

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“A dog is better than I am, for he has love and does not judge.” Abba Xanthias

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“There is love like a small lamp, which goes out when the oil is consumed; or like a stream which dries up when it doesn’t rain. But there is a love that is like a mighty spring gushing up out of the earth; it keeps flowing forever, and is inexhaustible.” – St. Isaac the Syrian

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YEARS ARE NOT NEEDED FOR TRUE REPENTANCE AND NOT DAYS BUT ONLY AN INSTANT.

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ST. AMBROSE OF OPTINA

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“Whoever calls himself ‘universal bishop’, or desires this title, is by his pride the precursor to the antichrist.” – St. Gregory the Great

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“How many pains have you ever taken that you might find one of the Saints who was willing to be your importunate intercessor to the Lord?” St. Basil the Great

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