10/2/2022
St. Makary (Nevsky)
Such is the property of true love: It can’t hide in the heart for long—it will certainly come out and reveal itself in some way.
St. Makary (Nevsky), Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna
If there’s a God, then He’s holy, and can’t endure iniquity. If God is holy and righteous, then the wicked must suffer the due reward for their iniquity, and the righteous—for their righteousness.
And note, brethren, the temptation that our cities and villages are exposed to, where they arrange traveling shows and circuses for empty and seductive spectacles.
What should someone do who doesn’t know any prayers, but desires to pray, to save his soul?
Thus, if you serve a priest, you serve Christ; if you receive a priest, you receive Christ.
It’s not an empty sound, not a simple gust of the wind; no—it contains the power of God.
Charity is a gift to God.
If anyone has found the desire to begin salvation by fighting with his vices, and if he wanted to do it by his own strength, then his labor would be in vain: We need the help of God in the work of our salvation. Without Me ye can do nothing, says the Lord (Jn. 15:5).
