Never mind the sins
” Love every man in spite of his falling into sin. Never mind the sins, but remember that the foundation of the man is the same - the image of God.”
—St. John of Kronstadt
St. John of Kronstadt on Good Works and Sin
“When the foolish thought of counting up any of your good works enters into your head, immediately correct your fault and rather count up your sins, your continual and innumerable offenses against the All-merciful and Righteous Master, and you will find that their number is as the sand of the sea, whilst your virtues in comparison with them are as nothing.”
— St. John of Kronstadt
St. John of Kronstadt said…
“How destructive to the heart is even momentary attachment for anything earthly.”
-St. John of Kronstadt (19th c.)
From St. John of Kronstadt
“Love does not reflect. Love is simple. Love never mistakes. Likewise believe and trust without reflection, for faith and trust are also simple; or better: God, in whom we believe and in whom we trust, is an incomplex Being, as He is also simply love.”
(My Life in Christ: Part 1, Holy Trinity Monastery pg. 265):
From St. John of Kronstadt
“If you are a scholar, a student in any educational establishment, or an official in some ministry, an officer in any of the branches of the military service, or a technologist, a painter, a sculptor, a manufacturer, a mechanic - remember that the first science for each one of you is to be a true Christian, to believe sincerely in the Holy Trinity, to converse daily with God in prayer, to take part in the Divine service, to observe the rules and regulations of the Church, and to bear in your heart, before your work, during your work, and after your work, the name of Jesus, for He is our light, our strength, our holiness, and our help.”
(My Life in Christ: Part II; Holy Trinity Monastery pg. 286)
