May we never risk the life of our souls by being resentful or by bearing grudges.
Interpretation
Holding onto resentment and grudges can harm our inner selves.
Gregory Of Nyssa emphasizes the importance of emotional well-being by warning against the dangers of resentment and grudges. He suggests that allowing negative feelings to fester can jeopardize our spiritual integrity and lead us away from a peaceful existence.
In practice
In a speech about personal growth, this quote could illustrate the importance of forgiveness.
... where Solomon says that 'Wisdom has built herself a house' (Prov. 9:1), he refers darkly in these words to the preparation of the flesh of the Lord: for the true Wisdom did not dwell in another's building, but built for Itself that dwelling-place from the body of the Virgin.
Now there have been delivered to us in the Gospel three Persons and names through whom the generation or birth of believers takes place, and he who is begotten by this Trinity is equally begotten of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost —for thus does the Gospel speak of the Spirit, that “that which is born of Spirit is spirit,” and it is “in Christ “that Paul begets, and the Father is the “Father of all”.
If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus show ourselves to be worthy bearers of his name. For the quality of holiness is shown not by what we say but by what we do in life.
Peace is defined as harmony among those who are divided. When, therefore, we end the civil war within our nature and cultivate peace within ourselves, we become at peace.
Just as at sea those who are carried away from the direction of the harbor bring themselves back on course by a clear sign, on seeing a tall beacon light or some mountain peak coming into view, so Scripture may guide those adrift on the sea of the life back into the harbor of the divine will.
Concepts create idols; only wonder comprehends anything. People kill one another over idols. Wonder makes us fall to our knees.
Whenever you are blue or lonely or stricken by some humiliating thing you did, the cure and the hope is in caring about other people.
If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.
True security lies in the unrestrained embrace of insecurity - in the recognition that we never really stand on solid ground, and never can.
Whatever you think someone else should give to you, you need to be able to give yourself first.
To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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