Quote by Saint John Chrysostom ~ On Riches

Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.

Saint John Chrysostom

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Quote by Saint John Chrysostom ~ blessed are the struck!

In the Christian combat, not the striker, as in the Olympic contests, but he who is struck, wins the crown. This is the law in the celestial theatre, where the Angels are the spectators.

Saint John Chrysostom

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Quote by Saint John Chrysostom ~ If you would say...

If you say, "Would there were no wine" because of the drunkards, then you must say, going on by degrees, "Would there were no steel," because of the murderers, "Would there were no night," because of the thieves, "Would there were no light," because of the informers, and "Would there were no women," because of adultery.

Saint John Chrysostom

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Quote by Saint John Chrysostom ~ Force

For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force...it is necessary to make a man better not by force but by persuasion. We neither have authority granted us by law to restrain sinners, nor, if it were, should we know how to use it, since God gives the crown to those who are kept from evil, not by force, but by choice.

Saint John Chrysostom

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Quote by Saint John Chrysostom ~ Intimate with God

We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.

Saint John Chrysostom

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Quote by Saint John Chrysostom ~ excess of mercy

It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others.

Saint John Chrysostom

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Quote by Saint John Chrysostom ~ Prayer

When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.

 

 

Saint John Chrysostom

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