Tag: Love

On Love of God – St. John Chrysostom

On Love of God – St. John Chrysostom On love of God

On Love of God – St. John Chrysostom. For to have offended God is more distressing than to be punished. But now we are so wretchedly disposed, that, were there no fear of hell, we should not even choose readily to do any good thing. Wherefore was it for nothing else, yet for this at […]

11 Sayings of St. Maximus the Confessor on Love

11 Sayings of St. Maximus the Confessor on Love 11 Sayings of St. Maximus

11 Sayings of St. Maximus the Confessor on Love 1. The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those who are not yet purified. But when they amend their lives, his delight is indescribable and knows no bounds. Four Hundred Texts on […]