Sayings of the Holy Fathers:
"God judges us by our intentions, but because of His love for us He only demands from us such actions as lie within our power. Great is the man who does all that lies within his power, but greater still is the man who, in all humility, tries to do more."
St. John Climacus
"To Him, therefore, let all come who would be made whole. Let them receive the medicine which He hath brought down from His Father and made in heaven, preparing it of the juices of those celestial fruits that wither not. This is of no earthly growth, for nature nowhere possessed this compound. Of wondrous purpose took He our flesh, to the end that He might show that the law of the flesh has been subjected to the law of the mind. He was incarnate, that He, the Teacher of men, might overcome as man."
St. Ambrose of Milan
"Nothing equals the mercy of God or surpasses it. To despair is therefore to inflict death on oneself."
St. John Climacus
St. John Climacus
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"To Him, therefore, let all come who would be made whole. Let them receive the medicine which He hath brought down from His Father and made in heaven, preparing it of the juices of those celestial fruits that wither not. This is of no earthly growth, for nature nowhere possessed this compound. Of wondrous purpose took He our flesh, to the end that He might show that the law of the flesh has been subjected to the law of the mind. He was incarnate, that He, the Teacher of men, might overcome as man."
St. Ambrose of Milan
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"Nothing equals the mercy of God or surpasses it. To despair is therefore to inflict death on oneself."
St. John Climacus
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