Blessed the one who has become a good spiritual net and caught many for the good Lord, such a one will greatly praised by the Lord.
Ephrem the SyrianPrayer is converse with God, equal honor with the Angels, progress in good things, averting of evils, righting of sinners.
Ephrem the SyrianIf you are an ardent reader, seek not brilliant and erudite texts; otherwise the demon of haughtiness will strike your heart. But like a wise bee that gathers honey from flowers, so also through your reading obtain healing for your soul.
Ephrem the SyrianThey went down to Egypt and provided food when famine reigned; they came to the obstinate sea, and taught it wisdom with a rod; they went out into the hostile desert and adorned it with a pillar; they entered the furnace, fiercely heated, and sprinkled it with their dew; into the pit where they had been thrown an angel entered and taught its wild beasts to fast.
Ephrem the Syrian