Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Basil the Great and Saint Gregory Nazianzen

Saint Basil the Great (left)
and Saint Gregory Nazianzen

Happy is he who night and day entertains no other care and anxiety but how he may be able to render a satisfactory account of his life when he stands before the Judge.

– Saint Basil the Great

Saint Basil the Great's patronage: Cappadocia; hospital administrators; reformers; monks; Russia.

Let us not esteem worldly prosperity or adversity as things real or of any moment, but let us live elsewhere, and raise all our attention to Heaven; esteeming sin as the only true evil, and nothing truly good, but virtue which unites us to God.

– Saint Gregory Nazianzen

Saint Gregory Nazianzen's patronage: For harvests; poets.

Saint Gregory Nazianzen Quote

Stay with us Lord, because our souls are full of darkness and you are the one true light; you alone can satisfy the longings that consume us. For we know that above everything that is beautiful and good, the greatest is this; to possess you forever , O Lord.

– Saint Gregory Nazianzen

Saint Gregory Nazianzen's patronage: for harvests; poets

Saint Gregory Nazianzen Quote

Nothing gives such pleasure to God as the conversion and salvation of men, for whom his every word and every revelation exist. He wants you to become a living force for all mankind, lights shining in the world.You are to be radiant lights as you stand beside Christ, the great light, bathed in the glory of him who is the light of heaven.

-- Saint Gregory Nazianzen

Saint Basil the Great and Saint Gregory Nazianzen Quotes

Let us raise ourselves from our fall and not give up hope as long as we are free from sin. Jesus Christ came into this world to save sinners. ‘Come, let us adore and prostrate ourselves and weep before him’ (Psalm 95:6). The Word calls us to repentance, crying out: ‘Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened and I will refresh you’ (Matthew 11:28). There is, then, a way to salvation if we are willing to follow it”.

-- Saint Basil the Great

God accepts our desires as though they were of great value. He longs ardently for us to desire and love him. He accepts our petitions for benefits as though we were doing him a favor. His joy in giving is greater than ours in receiving. So let us not be apathetic in our asking, nor set too narrow bounds to our requests; nor ask for frivolous things unworthy of God's greatness.

-- Saint Gregory Nazianzen

Saint Gregory Nazianzen Quote

Stay with us Lord, because our souls are full of darkness and you are the one true light; you alone can satisfy the longings that consume us. For we know that above everything that is beautiful and good, the greatest is this; to possess you forever , O Lord.

-- Saint Gregory Nazianzen

Saint Gregory Nazianzen Quote

Let it be assured that to do no wrong is really superhuman and belongs to God alone.

-- Saint Gregory Nazianzen