Saint John Chrysostom Quotes About Mothers

Quotes about: Mothers

• The desire to rule is the mother of heresies.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Mother, Desire, Liberty

  Saint John Chrysostom, William John Copeland (1840). “Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians: And Homilies on the Epistle to the Ephesians, of S. John Chrysostom ...”, p.81

• A mother experiences more than one death, even though she herself will only die once. She fears for her husband; she fears for her children; again she fears for the women and children who belong to her children. ... For each of these-whether for loss of possessions, bodily illness, or undesired misfortune-she mourns and grieves no less than those who suffer.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Mother, Children, Husband

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

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Inspirational, Christian, Mother

• Prayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine which is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a heaven unruffled by the storm. It is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Mother, Prayer, Blessing

• Prayer is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Mother, Prayer, Blessing

• Abba Moses asked Abba Sylvanus, Can a person lay a new foundation every day? The old man replied, If you work hard, you can lay a new foundation every moment. Abba Pimen said, To throw yourself before God, not to measure your progress, to leave behind all self-will; these are the instruments for the work of the soul. The desire to rule is the mother of heresies.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Christian, Mother, Hard Work

• Mary was made Mother of God to obtain salvation for many who, on account of their wicked lives, could not be saved according to the rigor of Divine justice, but might be saved with the help of her sweet mercy and powerful intercession.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Mother, Sweet, Powerful

• Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379 Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Mother, Teacher, Humility

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