Showing posts with label Humility. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humility. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

God loves man very much; He knows very well the problems of each one of us ( St. Paisios )

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God loves man very much; He knows very well the problems of each one of us, and wishes to help us before we ask Him to do so. Since God ...
Monday, December 31, 2018

Humbleness is the key to keep the Grace ( Fr. Raphael Noica of Essex )

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Monasticism is like living something from the age that shall come, in which, as the Savior says: “They neither marry, nor are given i...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

All sins are repulsive before God, but the most repulsive of all is pride of the heart... ( St. Anthony the Great )

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Learn to love humility, for it will cover all your sins. All sins are repulsive before God, but the most repulsive of all is pride of t...
Monday, August 1, 2016

God wants only one thing from us – humility, nothing else. ( St. Paisios )

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God wants only one thing from us – humility, nothing else. He only wishes to help us through His Divine grace, which He gave us through H...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Humility: Divine Protection from Spiritual Deception ( Elder Daniel of Katounakia )

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         “A sinner can easily repent, but it is difficult for one in delusion…” (Elder Daniel of Katounakia, Contemporary Elders, p. 2...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

Trickery of the demons ( Saint John Climacus )

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Demons once heaped praise on one of the most discerning of the brothers. They even appeared to him in visible form. But this very wise man...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Attaining Humility ( Elder Paisios )

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The elder said: Humility is acquired after struggles. When you know yourself you acquire humility, which become a (permanent) condition....
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Humility is a Prerequisite for True Prayer ( Saint Theophan the Recluse )

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  "Our soul is made to live in the mountainous world of God." Saint Theophan says that "Before we can make the soul app...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Lesson in Humility given by Saint Nektarios to his spiritual child, Elder Philotheos Zervakos

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The following is taken from the autobiography of Elder Philotheos Zervakos regarding the final meeting he had with his spiritual father, Sa...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Wherever there is Humility, there is God ( Elder Arsenie Papacioc)

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—Fr. Arsenie, tell us, how can we be saved from our many earthly cares, so that we might have more time for prayer? —Fr. Ioannichie, pu...