I beg and beesech you. . .
I beg and beesech you, Lord: grant to all who have gone astray a true knowledge of you, so that each and every one may come to know your glory.
+ St. Isaac of Nineveh , from The Prayers of St. Isaac the Syrian
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Always have the fear of God before. . .
“Always have the fear of God before your eyes. Remember Him who gives death and lives. Hate the world and all that is in it. Hate the peace that comes from the flesh. Renounce this life, so that you may be alive to God.”
— St. Anthony the Great
St. John Chrysostom: Perhaps one who loves to speak . . .
“Perhaps one who loves to speak from his own wisdom here also will not allow that the rivers are actually rivers, nor that the waters are precisely waters, but will instill in those who allow themselves to listen to them, that they (under the names of rivers and waters) represented something else. But I entreat you, let us not pay heed to these people, let us stop up our hearing against them, and let us believe the Divine Scripture, and following what is written in it, let us strive to preserve in our souls sound dogmas.”
–St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on Genesis
St. John Chrysostom: The Holy Scriptures lead us to God . .
“The Holy Scriptures lead us to God and open the path to the knowledge of God.”
— St. John Chrysostom, Conversations on the Gospel of John, 59:2
