St. John Chrysostom

John Chrysostom (347 – 407 AD) was an Early Church Father who served as archbishop of Constantinople. Known for his eloquent preaching as "Golden-mouth".

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If we are careless with our own salvation, how shall we care for others?

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He who gives alms out of compassion is greater than he who raises the dead.

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A comprehended God is no God.

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By the cross we know the gravity of sin and the greatness of God’s love toward us.

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Sin is followed by shame. Repentance is followed by boldness.

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The Holy Scriptures lead us to God and open the path to the knowledge of God.

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If you knew how quickly people would forget you after your death, you would not seek in your life to please anyone but God.

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

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When you take refuge in a Church, do not seek shelter merely in the place but in the spirit of the place. For the Church is not wall and roof but faith and life.

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If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest (in Christ); if there were no winter, there would be no summer.

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I know my own soul, how feeble and puny it is: I know the magnitude of this ministry, and the great difficulty of the work; for more stormy billows vex the soul of the priest than the gales that disturb the sea.

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Let a man’s diction be poor and his composition simple and unadorned, but let him not be unskilled in the knowledge and accurate statement of doctrine

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Do not hold aloof from the Church; for nothing is stronger than the Church. The Church is your hope, your salvation, your refuge. It is higher than the heavens, it is wider than the earth.

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Let no one boast; for all have sinned. If then, doing well yourself, you are inclined to revile others, consider your own former life, and the uncertainty of the future, and restrain your anger.

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We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at enmity in your heart.

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Prayer should be the means by which I, at all times, receive all that I need, and, for this reason, be my daily refuge, my daily consolation, my daily joy, my source of rich and inexhaustible joy in life

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Where is your sting, oh death? Christ was resurrected, and you were crushed. Christ is risen and life reigns. Christ has risen and no dead man remains in the grave.

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Enter all into the joy of our Lord. Rich and poor dance in each other's arms. The table is full, enjoy the riches of God's goodness. Let no man mourn for his faults: for forgiveness hath arisen from the grave. Let no one fear death, for the death of the Savior has set us free.

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Mercy is called by that name for this reason, that it gives even to the unworthy.

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The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts.