33 quotes
Faith allows us to enter peacefully into the dark night which faces everyone of us at one time or another.
Poustinia (1975)
With God, every moment is the moment of beginning again.
The stranger is simply a friend I haven't met yet.
Poustinia (1975)
Faith sees God's face in every human face.
Poustinia (1975)
Purity of heart is love for the weak who constantly fall.
Poustinia (1975)
God reveals himself to those who wait for that revelation and who don't try to "tear at the hem of a mystery" forcing disclosure.
Poustinia (1975)
Real zeal is standing still and letting God be a bonfire in you.
Poustinia (1975)
We do not go to mission lands to 'bring Jesus Christ' as much as to uncover him where he already is.
Sobornost (1977)
To pass through the door that leads to God's kingdom, we must go down on our knees.
Soul of My Soul: Reflections from a Life of Prayer (1985)
We do not have to wait for the hereafter — it is now that we are one with Christ.
Lord, give bread to the hungry, and hunger for you to those who have bread.
True silence is the speech of lovers. For only love knows its beauty, completeness and utter joy.
Poustinia (1975)
We cannot give the world anything it doesn't already have except God and God's love. But before we can give God to men, we must be one with him ourselves.
The Gospel Without Compromise (1976)
What binds us together is love, and only love. For love is a Person. Love is God.
Sobornost (1977)
I go to my past in order to discern the future.
God wants me to be third, never first. God comes first, my neighbor second, and I am third!
Sobernost (1977)
What you do matters — but not much. What you are matters tremendously.
You live between two Masses. You exist in the present moment.
To be simple we must desire to remain in the image of God. We must not be so complex that we make God into our image!
The Lord said, "Love your neighbor as yourself." Which means we must love ourselves first, for we are, in a manner of speaking, our first neighbor.
The Gospel Without Compromise (1976)