Church Fathers V3 - Fr George Grube - Saint Mina Coptic Orthodox ...
Church Fathers V3 - Fr George Grube - Saint Mina Coptic Orthodox ...
Church Fathers V3 - Fr George Grube - Saint Mina Coptic Orthodox ...
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This is the way it should be with us. As long as the path remains narrow and<br />
does not deviate we need not fear the daily faults and failures along the way.<br />
While they may cause us pain or sorrow, in the end we enter into the love of<br />
the Lord because we have been faithful in our quest - no matter how imperfect<br />
it may be. We must stay on the path of obedience to the Lord .He alone sees<br />
our heart and knows our desires. He watches over us because we are infinitely<br />
precious in His eyes. And those who believe, who walk in His way- will<br />
ultimately be led to Him, the source of all being!<br />
WRITINGS OF THE FATHERS:<br />
++++++++++<br />
+ Repentance has been given to the human race as a “grace beyond grace”.<br />
Repentance is a second birth from God, of which we have received a baptism -<br />
and we receive this second baptism by means of repentance.<br />
- St. Isaac the Syrian<br />
+ Repentance is the gateway to mercy which is open to all who seek it. By way<br />
of this gate we enter into Divine mercy, and apart from this entrance one cannot<br />
find salvation.<br />
- St. Isaac the Syrian<br />
+ Repentance imitates God and disappoints Satan.<br />
- St. John Chrysostom<br />
+ “Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit, a broken and humbled heart God will not<br />
despise” (Psalm 50:17).<br />
When a man strives within himself to have his heart humbled and his thought<br />
not agitated, but peaceful, then all the snares of the enemy are without effect<br />
and there resides the Lord Himself. “His place is in peace” (Psalm 75:3).<br />
- St. Seraphim of Sarov<br />
+ A penitent purchases humility. It is a continual distrust of bodily comfort, a<br />
self- condemning reflection, and a joyful self- care.<br />
- St. John of the Ladder<br />
+ Repentance is the daughter of hope and the renunciation of despair.<br />
A penitent is an un- disgraced convict and one who reconciles with the Lord<br />
by the practice of good deeds contrary to their sins.<br />
- St. John of the Ladder<br />
+ Repentance is a purification of conscience and the selfless endurance of all<br />
afflictions. A penitent inflicts his own punishments.<br />
- St. John of the Ladder<br />
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