Saint John Chrysostom Quotes About Faith

Quotes about: Faith

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

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Faith, Husband, Inspiration

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

• 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.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Faith, Christian, Men

• What the soul is in the body, let Christians be in the world.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Faith, Christian, Inspiration

• What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger. Start by satisfying his hunger and then with what is left you may adorn the altar as well.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Faith, Brother, Inspiration

• You can call happy those who saw Him... But, come to the altar and you will see Him, you will touch Him, you will give to Him holy kisses, you will wash Him with your tears, you will carry Him within you like Mary Most Holy.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Faith, Inspiration, Kissing

• If we approach with faith, we too will see Jesus... for the Eucharistic table takes the place of the crib. Here the Body of the Lord is present, wrapped not in swaddling clothes but in the rays of the Holy Spirit.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Faith, Jesus, Inspiration

• If you would rise, shun luxury, for luxury lowers and degrades.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Faith, Inspiration, Luxury

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