No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon... (Matthew 6:24)

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its taste, how can it be made salty again? It is then good for anything, except to be thrown out and be trampled under foot by men... (Matthew 5:13)

Jesus, Remember Me

EXISTENCE VS LIFE (in Aramaic)

Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal human, in whom there is no salvation. When his spirit departs he returns to the ground and on that very same day, his plans come to nothing. But blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. It is He who remains faithful forever... (Psalm 146:3-7)

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths... (Proverbs 3:5-6)

Do not give what is holy to the dogs and do not throw your pearls before swine... (Matthew 7:6)

A prophet is not without honour except in his own town, among his own relatives and in his own home... (Mark 6:4)

SAINTS - Lecture in English

Saint Gemma Galgani

For My strength is made perfect in your weakness... (2 Corinthians 12:9)

The memory of a righteous man is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot.. (Proverbs 10:7)

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but remain forever... (Psalm 125:1)

Like snow in summer, or rain in harvest, so honour is not fitting for a fool... (Proverbs 26:1)

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.. (Proverbs 26:12)

Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we will remember the name of the LORD our God... (Psalm 20:7)

Bill Wiese (Man Who Went To Hell) - 23 Minutes in Hell

It is He who forgives your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion, who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s... Bless the Lord O my soul and forget none of His benefits..

Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I give him, shall never thirst..." (John 4:13-14)

- The satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet... اَلنَّفْسُ الشَّبْعَانَةُ تَدُوسُ الْعَسَلَ، وَلِلنَّفْسِ الْجَائِعَةِ كُلُّ مُرّ حُلْوٌ

As the eyes of a servant looks to their master's hand and as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look on the LORD our God until He shows mercy on us... (Psalm 123:2)

Bless the Lord O my soul and all that is within me bless His holy name. Bless the Lord O my soul and forget none of His benefits.. (Psalm 103:1-2)

فاقد الشيء لا يعطيه

Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing dismay you. All things are passing away. Whoever has God, lacks nothing. God alone suffices... (Therese of Avila)

Learn to be silent, so that God can speak on your behalf..

Although you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with some crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.. (Proverbs 27:22)

Do not be concerned about those who are with you or against you, but take care that God is with you in all that you do...

Behold I send you out as sheep amidst the wolves... Take nothing for the journey.. If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you also. If they listened to Me, they will listen to you also. A servant is not greater than his master..

".. and if a mother can murder her own child, there is nothing left for you not to kill me and for me not to murder you..."

Do not judge, lest you will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you yourself will be judged, and with the same measure you use, it will be used against to you. For how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold the log is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye... (Matthew 7:1-5)

Be a monastic in your heart rather than your outward appearance...

The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is evil, then your whole body will be filled with darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, then how great is that darkness! (Matthew 6:22-23)

Whom have I in heaven but you and earth has nothing I desire besides you.. (Psalm 73:25)

"I will not promise to make you happy in this life, but in the next..." (Our Lady to St. Bernadette)

The King's daughter is all glorious from within... (Psalm 45:13)

The young lions may suffer hunger and want, but those who trust in the Lord shall lack no good thing... (Psalm 34:10)

Some individuals come into our lives as blessings, others come as lessons..

Blessed is the man who denies himself in all things, for he shall be exalted in all...

The door that God opens, no one can shut. But what He shuts, no one can open... (Isaiah 22:22)

"The prayer of a righteous man avails much..." (James 5:16)

"For My strength is made perfect in your weakness..." (Padre Pio, stigmatist)

“Pray, hope, and don't worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer..” (Padre Pio)

Many things I have tried to grasp, and have lost. That which I have placed in God's hand I still have...

Many days went by and we cried from them but when they passed, we cried for them... (أيام كثيرة مضت و بكينا منها، ولما مضت بكينا عليها)

تأمل مركز الله في حيانك - البابا شنودة الثالث

I am the good shepherd.. The good shepherd gives his life to the sheep... I am the alpha and omega.. the beginning and the end...

The man who commits adultery lacks understanding. He who does so destroys his own soul. Wounds and dishonour he will get and his shame will not be wiped away... (Proverbs 6:32-33)

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away... (1 Corinthians 13:8)

Show me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are...

"Love is the greatest of all treasures. Without it there is nothing and with it there is everything. It is love alone that gives worth to all things..."

Fr. Dawood Lamey on the Faith of the Orthodox Church

Wherever Jesus is, that place is number one...

Wherever you go and whatever you do, you will be blessed... (Deuteronomy 28:6)

THE LIFE OF ST FAUSTINA

St. Faustina: Prophet of Mercy

Fr. Lazarus ElAnthony - Monk's Life Eps 1

O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? For I do not understand what I do. What I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate to do, that I do. (Romans 7:24; Romans 7:15)

Psalm 51 - Have mercy upon me, O God, according to your lovingkindness: according to the multitude of your tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against You, You only, I have sinned and done this evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when You speak and blameless when You judge. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me. Behold, thou desire truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part you will make me to know wisdom. Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy and gladness; that the bones which you have broken may rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with your generous spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall turn to You. Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing of Your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips; and my mouth shall show forth your praise. For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, these O God, You will not despise. Do good in your good pleasure to Zion: build the walls of Jerusalem. Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar. Amen.