If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will. And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt ... Read More
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us. He brought me up ... out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. — The Son of God ... loved me, and gave himself... Read More
The fruit of the Spirit is ... faith. By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. — Without faith it is impossible to please him. — He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in t... Read More
None of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. Whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. — Let no man seek his own: but every man another's wealth. — Ye are bought with a price: therefore glorif... Read More
Reckon ye yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. — I through the law am dead to the law, that... Read More
The offence of the cross. If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. — We must through much tribulation enter into t... Read More
Abide in me, and I in you. I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: f... Read More
Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? — I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and ... Read More
It is the spirit that quickeneth. The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. — That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. — Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved ... Read More
St Theodoros the Great Ascetic (? 9"' century) (J'olume 2, pp. 13-47) Introductory Note The two works that follow, A Century of Spiritual Texts and Theoretikon,^ are ascribed in the Greek Philokalia to St Theodoros the Great Ascetic, a monk of the monastery of St Sabas near Jerusalem, who subsequent... Read More
APRIL 22 - morning
APRIL 9 - evening
AUGUST 1 - morning
AUGUST 22 - morning
FEBRUARY 27 - morning
JANUARY 23 - evening
JUNE 13 - morning
JUNE 22 - morning
OCTOBER 23 - evening
The Philokali Volume 2