SO GOOD QUOTES

  • “Faith can be viewed from three dimensions or sources: faith that comes through the witness of others, faith that expands through our own experiences, and faith received as an infusion of Gods grace to the soul through our obedience and cooperation.”

    All That I Have Is Yours: 100 Meditations with St. Pope Kyrillos VI on the Spiritual Life
    Kyrillos Ibrahim

  • “Virtue can exist at a natural level whereby one makes an effort and perseveres in choosing to do good. But there also exists a supernatural level of virtue in which divine grace comes to man’s aid in overcoming his sinful nature and raising him to Christ-like stature.”

    All That I Have Is Yours: 100 Meditations with St. Pope Kyrillos VI on the Spiritual Life
    Kyrillos Ibrahim

  • “It is good that you do not sin. If you do sin, then it is good that you do not delay repentance. If you repent, then it is good that you do not return to sin. If you do not return, then it is good that you know this is with God’s help. If you know, then it is good that you thank Him for the state that you are in.”

    —St. Basil the Great

  • It is not possible or within a man’s

    competence to root out sin by his own

    power. To wrestle against it, to fight

    against it, to give and receive blows, is

    thine; to uproot is God’s.

    —Saint Macarius

  • But on the other hand, from the divine perspective, nothing a human being can do forces God’s hand or makes God reveal Himself. When the time is right, when everything is ready, then God comes to us. God comes to us very seldom as a rushing wind or a bright light, but God comes to us most often as a gentle breeze, as an apprehension of some profound beauty resonating deeply in our psyche, in our souls. God comes to us and if we are ready, we perceive Him in some small way, in a way that we can never forget or deny, but almost always in a way that we cannot explain or defend.

    A Small Affliction Born For God’s Sake
    ARCHPRIEST MICHAEL GILLIS

  • Once you have grace, you are free. Without it, you cannot help doing the things you know you should not do, and that you know you don’t really want to do.

    —Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain

  • But on the other hand, from the divine perspective, nothing a human being can do forces God’s hand or makes God reveal Himself. When the time is right, when everything is ready, then God comes to us. God comes to us very seldom as a rushing wind or a bright light, but God comes to us most often as a gentle breeze, as an apprehension of some profound beauty resonating deeply in our psyche, in our souls. God comes to us and if we are ready, we perceive Him in some small way, in a way that we can never forget or deny, but almost always in a way that we cannot explain or defend.

    A Small Affliction Born For God’s Sake
    ARCHPRIEST MICHAEL GILLIS

  • Overcoming a deep-rooted struggle needs time and patience, so be patient with the weak until God’s grace visits and delivers them.

    —Pope Shenouda III, Life of Hope

  • “I honestly have no idea what happened. One day I was just done with it.”

    —Julia E Hubbel

  • Until God’s grace visits you, it is impossible for you to change for the better.

    —St. John of Kronstadt, My Life in Christ