The path of our salvation is strewn with thorns and we suffer and bleed

 

The path of our salvation is strewn with thorns and we suffer and bleed, but be patient and the blessed hour will come, when pain and blood will write our names in the book of life!

Then we will bless God, who in His infinite wisdom found pain and sorrow as means of great salvation.

Elder Ephraim of Arizona.

The Decalogue of the day.

 

Who can say that he is missing something when he is loved!

We truly love when we love without reason!

-only God knows tomorrow and that gives us peace of mind!

-Every day that passes is a blessing and every day that comes is one of hope.

-If we don't carry love within us, we won't find it anywhere!

-When we have God by our side, it doesn't matter who is against us!

-From the moment we start to worry, we prevent God from intervening!

- We easily give advice when someone else has the problem!

- Whoever doesn't know how to lie thinks everyone is telling the truth!

-No soul can see beauty unless it is itself beautiful!

Love Jesus and say the prayer without ceasing, and it will illuminate your path.

 “The life of man, my child, is sorrow, because he is in exile. Do not seek perfect rest. Christ has lifted up the cross for us, and we will lift it up with Him. If we endure all sorrows, we find grace from the Lord. That is why the Lord allows us to be tempted, so that He may test the zeal and love we have for Him. That is why patience is needed. Without patience, man does not become practical, does not learn spiritual things, does not reach the standards of virtue and perfection.

Love Jesus and say the prayer without ceasing, and it will illuminate your path.”

Saint Joseph the Hesychast

"I wish that our Virgin Mary will hold your hand until you set foot in Heaven!"

 "I wish that our Virgin Mary will hold your hand until you set foot in Heaven!"

Elder Isidore the Blind

The Virgin Mary is the ladder by which God

 "The Virgin Mary is the ladder by which God descended to earth and the bridge over which souls cross to Heaven. In every sigh of ours, She bends first. In every tear of ours, She pleads before us. And every time the soul darkens, the Virgin Mary becomes the star that illuminates it."

 + Saint John of Damascus