Saint John ChrysostomIf you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.362Time
Saint John ChrysostomSince it is likely that, being men, they would sin every day, St. Paul consoles his hearers by saying 'renew yourselves' from day to day. This is what we do with houses: we keep c… ▶362Sadness
Saint John ChrysostomAlmsgiving above all else requires money, but even this shines with a brighter luster when the alms are given from our poverty. The widow who paid in the two mites was poorer than… ▶374HopeHumanity
Saint John ChrysostomTo 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.'374LifeReading
Saint John ChrysostomGod asks little, but He gives much.331Humanity
Saint John ChrysostomIn the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle even for those who do not devote themselve… ▶321Time
Saint John ChrysostomWords would be superfluous if we had deeds to show for Them.343Humanity
Saint John ChrysostomA friend is more to be longed for than the light; I speak of a genuine one. And wonder not: for it were better for us that the sun should be extinguished, than that we should be d… ▶321Reflection
Saint John ChrysostomYou carry your snare everywhere and spread your nets in all places. You allege that you never invited others to sin. You did not indeed, by your words, but you have done so by you… ▶365Reading
Saint John ChrysostomImagine your anger to be a kind of wild beast, because it has ferocious teeth and claws, and if you don't tame it, it will devastate all things even corrupting the soul.365Politics
Saint John ChrysostomEvery family should have a room where Christ is welcome in the person of the hungry and thirsty stranger.377Reading
Saint John ChrysostomAbba Moses asked Abba Sylvanus, Can a person lay a new foundation every day? The old man replied, If you work hard, you can lay a new foundation every moment. Abba Pimen said, To … ▶378Time
Saint John ChrysostomIf you say, Would there were no wine because of the drunkards, then you must say, going on by degrees, Would there were no steel, because of the murderers, Would there were no nig… ▶323Humanity
Saint John ChrysostomLet no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.301Reading
Saint John ChrysostomWe should not bear it with bad grace if the answer to our prayer is long delayed. Rather, let us, because of this, show great patience and resignation. For He delays for this reas… ▶356Politics
Saint John ChrysostomYou 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 mo… ▶334LoveThought
Saint John ChrysostomThis is the highest point of philosophy, to be simple & wise; this is the angelic life.302LifePhilosophy
Saint John ChrysostomI am a Christian. He who answers thus has declared everything at once-his country, profession, family; the believer belongs to no city on earth but to the heavenly Jerusalem.335Humor
Saint John ChrysostomThe rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much. ✨ Saint John Chrysostom (1842). The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom on the Statues: Or, To the P… ▶291Humanity
Saint John ChrysostomWhen we once begin to form good resolutions, God gives us every opportunity of carrying them out.357Thought
Saint John ChrysostomA man does not possess all the gifts, lest he think that grace is nature.303Thought
Saint John ChrysostomTo love Christ -means not to be a hireling, not to look upon a noble life as an enterprise or trade, but to be a true benefactor and to do everything only for the sake of love for… ▶358LifeLoveTruth
Saint John ChrysostomHappiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.314Life
Saint John ChrysostomThe bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.336Time
Saint John ChrysostomSurely we ought to show them (animals) great kindness and gentleness for many reasons, but, above all, because they are of the same origin as ourselves.314Reading
Saint John ChrysostomWhen 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 not… ▶3710LoveTime
Saint John ChrysostomNo one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits with an inextinguishable fire and torment in the company of the d… ▶3710Time
Saint John ChrysostomIn the Christian combat, not the striker, as in the Olympic contests, but he who is struck, wins the crown. This is the law in the celestial theatre, where the Angels are the spec… ▶336Politics
Saint John ChrysostomDost thou wish to receive mercy? Show mercy to thy neighbor. ✨ Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), Saint John Chrysostom (1983). A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nice… ▶3710Hope
Saint John ChrysostomLaughter has been implanted in our soul, that the soul may sometime be refreshed. ✨ Saint John Chrysostom, Aeterna Press Homilies of Saint John Chrysostom: On The Epistle to… ▶281HumorTime
