Saint John Chrysostom Quotes

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• If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Doors, Church, Christ

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• Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Prayer, Sadness, Worry

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• There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.

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  Christian, Doe

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• Be ashamed when you sin, don't be ashamed when you repent [To repent means to have a change of heart and mind. It is not simply a feeling of sorrow ,but a psycho/spiritual growth away from evil/death and a turning to God/life]. Sin is the wound, repentance is the medicine. Sin is followed by shame; repentance is followed by boldness [ Boldness means to beg God for undeserved mercy]. Satan has overturned this order and given boldness to sin and shame to repentance.

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  Love, Spiritual, Mean

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• Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.

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  Gratitude, Greed, Contentment

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• Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.

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  Silence, Tongue, Speak

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• We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God.

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  Men, Insulting, Mind

  Saint John Chrysostom, Graham Neville (1977). “Six Books on the Priesthood”, p.65, St Vladimir's Seminary Press

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• The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.

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  Light, Skulls, Bishops

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• When we teach our children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love their follow men, to regard this present age as nothing, we instill virtue in their souls, and reveal the image of God within them.

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  Children, Parenting, Men

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• The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

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  Animal, Bees, Honey Bee

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• 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.

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  Men, Calling, Praying

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• When you are before the altar where Christ reposes, you ought no longer to think that you are amongst men; but believe that there are troops of angels and archangels standing by you, and trembling with respect before the sovereign Master of Heaven and earth. Therefore, when you are in church, be there in silence, fear, and veneration.

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  Believe, Angel, Men

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• Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

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  Why Not, Littles, Little Things

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• Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs.

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  Mean, Wealth, Poor

  Saint John Chrysostom, Catharine P. Roth (1984). “On Wealth and Poverty”, p.55, St Vladimir's Seminary Press

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• To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but prevents it from being born.'

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Abortion, Doe, Fetus

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• God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to love ourselves.

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  Inspirational, Christian, Mother

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• It is impossible to be saved without the help of the Most Blessed Virgin, because those who are not saved by the justice of God are saved by the intercession of Mary.

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  Blessed, Justice Of God, Impossible

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• The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.

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  Men, Giving, Wealth

  Saint John Chrysostom (1842). “The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom on the Statues: Or, To the People of Antioch”, p.42

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• Such is friendship, that through it we love places and seasons; for as bright bodies emit rays to a distance, and flowers drop their sweet leaves on the ground around them, so friends impart favor even to the places where they dwell. With friends even poverty is pleasant. Words cannot express the joy which a friend imparts; they only can know who have experienced. A friend is dearer than the light of heaven, for it would be better for us that the sun were exhausted than that we should be without friends.

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  Friendship, Sweet, Distance

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• The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us, that, like lions breathing fire, we may retire from the altar being made terrible to the devil.

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  Fire, Breathing, Devil

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• Mercy imitates God and disappoints Satan.

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  Satan, Mercy, Disappoint

  Saint John Chrysostom (1842). “The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople: On the Statues, Or to the People of Antioch”, p.354

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• Of all the afflictions that burden the human race, there is not one, whether spiritual or bodily, that cannot be healed by the Holy Scriptures.

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  Inspirational, Christian, Spiritual

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• Since it is likely that, being men, they would sin every day, St. Paul consoles his hearers by saying 'renew yourselves' from day to day. This is what we do with houses: we keep constantly repairing them as they wear old. You should do the same thing to yourself. Have you sinned today? Have you made your soul old? Do not despair, do not despond, but renew your soul by repentance, and tears, and Confession, and by doing good things. And never cease doing this.

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  Faith, Christian, Men

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• The love of husband and wife is the force that welds society together.

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  Faith, Husband, Inspiration

  Saint John Chrysostom, Catharine P. Roth, David Anderson (1986). “On Marriage and Family Life”, p.44, St Vladimir's Seminary Press

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• We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at enmity in thy heart.

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  Brother, Heart, Enemy

  Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), Saint John Chrysostom (1983). “A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church”

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