In Communion

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. +St Paul

It is not difficult to get rid of material things if you so desire; but only with great effort will you be able to get rid of thoughts about them." + St. Thalassios the Libyan

We must bestow our love on our brothers and sisters. We must not allow any malice at all to remain in our hearts. +St Gregory the Great

St Basil on the Last Judgment: "Standing around you, those whom you treated unjustly will cry out to you. For wherever you turn your eyes, you will see the images of your evil deeds. Here the orphans; there the widows; and over there the poor you oppressed, the servants you cast aside, and the neighbors you upset."

"There are those who would overcome the world with weapons of violence, but this is not our way. There are those who cling to death and to sin in order to bring about more death and more evil, but this is not our way." -Metropolitan Tikhon (Mollard)