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Saint John Chrysostom, Homily 67 on St. John (Saint John Chrysostom)

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‘Anyone who loves their soul will lose it, while anyone who hates their soul in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me’. This present existence is sweet and full of much pleasure. Not to everyone, but to those who are attached to it. But if people look to heaven and see the beautiful things there, they’ll soon scorn this life and think it of little account. The beauty of a body is admired just so long as nothing more beautiful is seen, but when a more beautiful body appears, the former is held in less esteem. If we were to look at that beauty and observe the splendor of the kingdom there, we’d soon ...

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Ιf you only knew (Saint John of Kronstadt)

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If you hate your enemy, you show how stupid you are. Because if your enemy’s hunting you, you’re also hunting him inside yourself. And tell me, isn’t hunting the worst and most brutal persecution, with hatred for your enemy tormenting you? Ah, if only you knew what a triumph and what a blessing it is to love your enemies and to be a benefactor for them.

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Don’t Turn Back (Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos)

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‘You’ve ascended the ladder of renunciation; don’t turn back’ (Saint John of the Ladder). How many times, in the course of marriage or family life, are we troubled by the thought that perhaps we married the wrong person. Our mind goes to other loves and we invent scenarios in which we’d have been happier with someone else or with other choices. We wonder whether we’ve made mistakes in the way we’ve brought up the children, if we should have done things differently, if we gave them as much time as we should have, listened to them enough, if we were too lenient or too strict. We have the same concerns regarding our professional choices, the way we’ve handled our money, ...

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