If you will pray for your enemies, peace will come to you; but when you can love your enemies - know that a great measure of the grace of God dwells in you, though I do not say perfect grace as yet, but sufficient for salvation.
— Silouan the Athonite (1866–1938), Orthodoxer Mönch, Heiliger
Source: Saint Silouan the Athonite, überliefert von Archimandrit Sophrony
Topics: Prayer & Silence, Love, Peace & Rest
Occasions: For Reflection, Encouragement
Silouan the Athonite
Silouan vom Athos (1866–1938) war ein russischstämmiger orthodoxer Mönch, der im Kloster des Heiligen Panteleimon auf dem Berg Athos lebte. Er wurde vor allem durch seine posthum veröffentlichten Schriften über das Herzensgebet, radikale Demut und die unbedingte Feindesliebe bekannt. Bibellesern zeigt sein Werk einen existentiellen Zugang zu biblischen Aussagen über Gottes Barmherzigkeit und Vergebung inmitten seelischer Anfechtungen.
All quotes by Silouan the Athonite (6)
When we pray, the circumstances often remain the same, but we become different.
Oswald Chambers
Prayer does not change God, but the one who prays.
Søren Kierkegaard
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Corrie ten Boom
To pray is to draw breath from God.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Prayer does not equip us for greater works – prayer is the greater work.
Oswald Chambers
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson