Words from St. Cyril, Bishop of Turiv (d. circa 1182) in Ukraine:
It is good and most profitable, brethren, that we should comprehend the teachings of the divine Scriptures. For such an understanding chastens the soul, inclines the mind to humility, stirs the heart to strive for virtue, fills man with gratitude, leads one’s thoughts heavenwards to the promises of our Lord, fortifies the body for labors of the spirit, makes one spurn this life, its fame and wealth, and relieves all the mundane cares of this world. Therefore, I entreat you, be diligent and assiduous in reading the sacred books, so that, nourished by God’s words, you may nurture your desire for the ineffable blessings of the age to come. For the blessings of the age to come, though they are invisible, yet they are immovable and firm, eternal and endless. -- Kyryl, Bishop of Turiv (On the Lame and the Blind, 1)
Taken from: http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/saintsophiaseminary/
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