Reading Scripture
“Listen carefully to me. Procure books [of the Bible] that will be medicines for the soul. At least get a copy of the New Testament, the Apostle's epistles, the Acts, the Gospels, for your constant teachers. If you encounter grief, dive into them as into a chest of medicines; take from them comfort for your trouble, whether it be loss, or death, or bereavement over the loss of relations. Don't simply dive into them. Swim in them. Keep them constantly in your mind. The cause of all evils is the failure to know the Scriptures well.”
~St. John Chrysostom
“The Word of God is in your heart. The Word digs in this soil so that the spring may gush out.”
~Origen
“You are reading? No. Your betrothed is talking to you. It is your betrothed, that is, Christ, who is united with you. He tears you away from the solitude of the desert and brings you into His home, saying to you, ‘Enter into the joy of your Master.’”
~St. Jerome
~St. John Chrysostom
“The Word of God is in your heart. The Word digs in this soil so that the spring may gush out.”
~Origen
“You are reading? No. Your betrothed is talking to you. It is your betrothed, that is, Christ, who is united with you. He tears you away from the solitude of the desert and brings you into His home, saying to you, ‘Enter into the joy of your Master.’”
~St. Jerome
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