Saint John Chrysostom Quotes

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• If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Doors, Church, Christ

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• Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Prayer, Sadness, Worry

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• Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.

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  Gratitude, Greed, Contentment

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• There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.

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  Christian, Doe

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• Be ashamed when you sin, don't be ashamed when you repent [To repent means to have a change of heart and mind. It is not simply a feeling of sorrow ,but a psycho/spiritual growth away from evil/death and a turning to God/life]. Sin is the wound, repentance is the medicine. Sin is followed by shame; repentance is followed by boldness [ Boldness means to beg God for undeserved mercy]. Satan has overturned this order and given boldness to sin and shame to repentance.

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  Love, Spiritual, Mean

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• The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.

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  Light, Skulls, Bishops

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• Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Silence, Tongue, Speak

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• Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs.

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  Mean, Wealth, Poor

  Saint John Chrysostom, Catharine P. Roth (1984). “On Wealth and Poverty”, p.55, St Vladimir's Seminary Press

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• We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God.

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  Men, Insulting, Mind

  Saint John Chrysostom, Graham Neville (1977). “Six Books on the Priesthood”, p.65, St Vladimir's Seminary Press

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• When we teach our children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love their follow men, to regard this present age as nothing, we instill virtue in their souls, and reveal the image of God within them.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Children, Parenting, Men

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• When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.

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  Men, Calling, Praying

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• The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

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  Animal, Bees, Honey Bee

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• Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

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  Why Not, Littles, Little Things

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• To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but prevents it from being born.'

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  Abortion, Doe, Fetus

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• The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.

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  Men, Giving, Wealth

  Saint John Chrysostom (1842). “The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom on the Statues: Or, To the People of Antioch”, p.42

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• When you are before the altar where Christ reposes, you ought no longer to think that you are amongst men; but believe that there are troops of angels and archangels standing by you, and trembling with respect before the sovereign Master of Heaven and earth. Therefore, when you are in church, be there in silence, fear, and veneration.

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  Believe, Angel, Men

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• It is impossible to be saved without the help of the Most Blessed Virgin, because those who are not saved by the justice of God are saved by the intercession of Mary.

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  Blessed, Justice Of God, Impossible

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• No matter how just your words may be, when you speak with anger, you ruin all: no matter how boldly you speak, how fairly reprove, or what not.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Christian, Anger, May

  "The Homilies of Saint John Chrysostom: On the Acts of the Apostles".

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• Faithfulness in little things is a big thing.

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  Littles, Little Things, Faithfulness

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

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  Inspirational, Christian, Mother

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• Only those who do not fight are never wounded.

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  Fighting, Wounded

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• Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.

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  Forgiveness, Saint, Graves

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• You cannot pray at home, like you can at church, where there is a great multitude; where exclamations are cried out to God as from one great heart, and where there is something more: the unions of minds, the accord of souls, the bond of charity, the prayers of priests.

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  Christian, Prayer, Home

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• Mercy imitates God and disappoints Satan.

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  Satan, Mercy, Disappoint

  Saint John Chrysostom (1842). “The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople: On the Statues, Or to the People of Antioch”, p.354

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• Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.

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  Pride, Riches, Forbidden

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