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When someone is cursing, blaspheming, or being impudent, it is better to pretend to be busy and not listening and to say the Jesus Prayer. (Paisios of Mount Athos)
For animals, man is like God. Just as we ask God for help, they ask man for help. View quote
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If we could see our guardian angel and how close he is to us, we would never feel lonely. View quote
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Satan may be working but God is working too and He will turn evil into good. View quote
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Some people resemble the honeybee and some resemble the fly. Those who resemble the fly seek to find evil in every circumstance and are preoccupied with it; they see no good anywhere. But those who resemble the honeybee only see the good in everything they see. View quote
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If we do not pray for the sick, the illness will progress naturally. Whereas, if we pray for them, it can alter its natural course. Therefore, always pray for the sick. View quote
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The Panagia is a tender mother, and she never abandons anyone. She always intercedes with her Son to help us. When we call on her, she immediately hastens to our aid. View quote
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Just loving someone is not enough. You need to love a person more than yourself. View quote
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Thoughts are like airplanes flying in the air. If you ignore them, there is no problem. If you pay attention to them, you create an airport inside your head and permit them to land! View quote
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The main value of life is family. As soon as the family perishes, so does the world. View quote
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Pray and rejoice. God will arrange everything. (Paisios of Mount Athos)
And, you see, people are not at all aware that we are living during the signs of the times, that the sealing is already advancing. It is as if nothing is happening. This is why the Sacred Scripture says that even the elect will be deceived. View quote
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God doesn't look at how much we do, but at how much love we put into it. View quote
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When someone offends you, pray for them, it's medicine for your soul. View quote
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Today we face so many dangers. God is watching over us like a mother watching every step of her child when it starts walking. Today more than ever before, Christ, the Panagia, and the Saints are by our side helping us. But we do not realize it. View quote
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When you pass beside a hospital, Sign the cross 3 times: - One for the patients - One for their relatives - And One for yourself because your aren't there. View quote
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After our death, when we come face to face with Christ, we will understand the why and how of our lives and we will be told everything we went through in this world. Then, with all the power of our existence, we will say to Him, "Thank you, my God, for allowing these for me!" View quote
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Patience is our spir­itual defense and humility our greatest weapon against the devil. The greatest balm that Christ's sacrifice on the Cross gave us is the crushing of the devil. After the Crucifixion of Christ, the devil is like a snake with no fangs, with no poison; he is like a wild dog without teeth. All poison was removed from the devil; all teeth were removed from the wild dogs that are the demons. So, they are now disarmed, while we are armed with the Cross. There is nothing, really nothing that the demons can do to a creature of God when we ourselves don't hand over rights to them. They only make noise; they have no authority over people. View quote
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All you will need to do is one thing: kneel and say, 'Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior save us,' and you will have a great protection. View quote
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We should never forget that our guardian angel is always invisibly beside us; he guards us and he protects us. But it is necessary that we are also careful in our lives and that we not sin. View quote
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The goal is to rise spiritually, not simply to avoid sin. (Paisios of Mount Athos)
When there is a respect for small things, there will be an even greater respect towards the bigger things. When there is no respect for small things, then neither will there be for the bigger ones. This is how the Fathers maintained Tradition. View quote
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How can one feel truly comforted if he does not believe in God and in the true eternal life after death? When man grasps the deeper meaning of this true life, stress goes away, divine consolation comes, and he is healed. View quote
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God has made not only people but also demons free because they do not harm and cannot harm a person's soul, except in cases where the person himself wishes to harm their own soul. View quote
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Through fasting a person becomes meek, a lamb. If he turns into a beast, it means one of two things: either that his undertaken asceticism exceeds his strength, or what he was doing was selfishness and therefore receives no divine help. Because if he fasts and has proud thoughts that what he performs makes him important, then all of his fasting is as nothing. View quote
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