Everything is won’t to run to it’s kindred; and the soul that has a share of the Spirit , on hearing a phrase that has spiritual power hidden within, ardently draws out its content on herself.
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian
Homily One – Number 26
Cover a man who stumbles, so long as your receive no harm from him, and give him encouragement; then your Master’s lovingkindness will bear you up. Support with a word the infirm, and those who are grieved at heart, in so far as this lies within your hands, then the Right Hand that sustains all will also sustain you. Through the toil of prayer and the anguish of your heart commune with those who are grieved of heart, and the Source of mercy will be opened to your petitions.
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian
Homily Two : On Thankfulness to God, In Which There Are Also Essential Elementary Lessons
The Thanksgiving of the receiver incites the Giver to give gifts greater than the first. He that returns no thanks in small matters is a dissembler and dishonest in greater ones also. If a man is ill and he recognizes his ailment, his healing will be easy. If he confesses his pain, he draws nigh its cure. There are many pangs for the unyielding heart, and the patient who resists his physician amplifies his torment. There is no unpardonable sin, save the unrepented one. Nor does any gift remain without addition, save that whites received without thanksgiving.
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian
Homily Two : On Thankfulness to God, In Which There Are Also Essential Elementary Lessons
“A small but persistent discipline is a great force;
for a soft drop of water falling persistently,
hollows out hard rock.”
Saint Isaac of Syria
may that small persistence be the rain of contrition and prayer,
grace.thanksgiving.joy – eucharisteo
unrelenting.patient.purposeful – rejoicing.thanksgiving.choosing God
may grace hollow a room in the bedrock of our hearts
making straight the way for the Lord
Blessed Feast of the Raising of Lazarus!
Saint Isaac of Syria
Saint Issac of Syria
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