31/07/2026

About hate


“Do good those who hate you” Matthew 5:44

”If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. ”John 15:18

“But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.” I John 2:11

“You shall not hate your brother in your heart” Leviticus 19:17

 “Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer; 1 John 3:15” because in his heart he desires to kill him, whose blood we know that he has certainly not shed among men with his own hand or with a weapon; yet, owing to his burst of anger, he is declared to be a murderer by God.” Saint Cassian the Roman

“It is a disease to let love cool down. You should never stop saying: "No matter how much you hate me, I will never stop loving you". Thus you banish the cooling of love.” Saint Chrysostom

“As we benefit ourselves when we love our fellow men, so we punish ourselves when we hate others.” Saint Chrysostom

“Do not hate, but love; nor did He merely command to love, but also to do good, as it follows, Do good to them which hate you. For they who pierce their own souls deserve tears and weeping, not curses. For nothing is more hateful than a cursing heart” Saint Chrysostom

Entrust your future to God’s providence.

 


“Be careful how each day passes.

Entrust your future to God’s providence.

God will help.

Whatever God’s will is, it will be done.

Do not think or burden your mind about the future.”

 

Saint Jerome of Aegina

29/07/2026

If someone does not receive Holy Communion constantly, he cannot defeat the enemies (demons), nor progress spiritually.


 If someone does not receive Holy Communion constantly, he cannot defeat the enemies (demons), nor progress spiritually.

I hear some say:

- I have received Holy Communion and I do not feel anything!

The changes that take place within us are slow and secret, because our faith is small.

The first thought that we will have, immediately after Holy Communion, will reveal what Grace we have received and what is the fruit of the greatest Gift on earth.

If the first thought that will sprout in the intellect is humble, is an acquisition of self-reproach, is the fruit of self-knowledge, then we have received Holy Communion well.

Otherwise, someone can receive Holy Communion, but Christ will immediately leave him.

When we receive Holy Communion, Christ does not go to the stomach, he goes to the soul... He nourishes the soul, which is graced, sanctified and deified.

This Grace of the Holy Spirit is then transmitted to all the cells of the body. Thus, first the soul receives Holy Communion, and then the body. That is, both the body and the soul are sanctified.

 

+ Elder Ephraim of the Skete of Saint Andrew

28/07/2026

Let yourself be persecuted, do not persecute…


 Let yourself be persecuted, do not persecute…

Let yourself be crucified, do not crucify…

Let yourself be wronged, do not do wrong…

Let yourself be slandered, do not slander...

Be kind, do not repay evil with evil…

Do not hate the sinner…

Remember that you too are a partaker of earthly nature, and be beneficial to all.

 

- Saint Isaac the Syrian

The voice of Satan and The voice of God


 The voice of Satan            The voice of God              

He creates obsessions       He calms down         

He is filled with worry     He comforts      

He condemns                       He checks in                  

He discourages                     He encourages         

He’s confusing                     He illuminates         

He’s pressing                        He guides               

He’s scary                              He reassures    

He rushes things                  He calms down