Quotes Along The Narrow Way

"Most want to possess the kingdom without labors and struggles and sweat, but this is impossible."
-Psuedo-Macarius (Homily 5, section 6; circa 380C.E.)

"That in which a man rests as in his last end, is master of his affections, since he takes therefrom his entire rule of life."
-St. Thomas Aquinas

"As we make progress in Him, through our way of life - in faith, in discipline, in virtue, and in community - our hearts will expand with the inexpressible sweetness of love; with hope we shall run together along the path of God's grace and commandments and we shall share in his divine life and his glorious kingdom."
-Adapted from the Prologue to the Rule of Saint Benedict.

"Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,
and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness,
and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.
Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;
for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you."
- 2 Peter 1. 1-11