The presence of the passion of avarice reveals itself when a person enjoys receiving but resents having to give. — St. Maximos the Confessor
The lover of money sneers at the Gospel, and is a willful transgressor. He who has attained to love scatters his money. But he
pretext of almsgiving, hatred of the poor
The beginning of love of money is the pretext of almsgiving, and the end of it is hatred of the poor. So long as
Christ is reaching to us with the hand of the Poor.
Thus ought we ever to exercise hospitality by our own personal exertions, that we may be sanctified, and our hands be blessed. And if
“The bodies of fellow human beings must be treated with greater care than our own. Christian love teaches us to give our brethren not
“Do you wish to honor the Body of the Savior? Do not despise it when it is naked. Do not honor it in church
The Sermon that Recapitulates the Entire Gospel
“Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from
Every year hundreds of teenagers leave the orphanages of Saint Petersburg. Within a year a third will be in prison, a fifth will be
The face of the poor is the face of Christ
“He that has pity upon the poor lends to the Lord, and that which he has given He will pay him again.” – Proverbs