151 Quotes by Saint John Chrysostom

When the Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled with countless angels, who adore the Divine Victim immolated on the altar.

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

Things themselves do not remain, but their effects do. Therefore we should not be mean and calculating with what we have but give with a generous hand. Look at how much people give to players and dancers-why not give just as much to Christ?

We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.

It is impossible to be saved without the help of the Most Blessed Virgin, because those who are not saved by the justice of God are saved by the intercession of Mary.

Depart from the highway, and transplant thyself in some enclosed ground; for it is hard for a tree that stands by the wayside to keep her fruit till it be ripe.

What greater work is there than training the mind and forming the habits of the young?

Laughter has been implanted in our soul, that the soul may sometime be refreshed.

And all men are ready to pass judgement on the priest as if he was not a being clothed with flesh, or one who inherited a human nature.