Nectarius of Aegina Quotes

It is necessary for us to hasten to repentance before sin becomes a habit within us, because then it is impossible for us to be saved.

It is right for he who forsakes God to be forsaken by him; it is right for he who rejects the beckoning Grace to be rejected; it is right for God to turn his face away from him who rebels and does not approach Him.

Having lived in sin, perhaps we want to die in it.

The Grace of God forsakes the unrepentant man because he disdained God’s wealth of uprightness, forbearance, and longsuffering.

It is necessary for us to want to be saved so that we may be saved through Grace.

Salvation is commenced by Grace, it is shaped by the will, and then perfected by Grace, which crowns it.

While the Grace of God beckons and illumines the nous and the heart, the will concurs by laying open the eyes and purifying the heart.

God ... demands self-denial for salvation, that is, without his own consent and volition, it is impossible.

Two significant Fathers of the Western Church, Saints Augustine and Jerome, in seeking to publicly renounce the false teaching of Pelagius, responded to Pelagius by countering that the power of Divine Grace was the only thing that could save man. ... But the Church, walking the middle path, denounces both teachings as flawed. ... Both grace and the consent of man are necessary for the salvation of man.

From the time Adam fell into sin, God has not ceased to call sinners to repentance and communion with Himself.

Not only does He accept the repentance of those who want to repent from the awareness of their own sin, but beckons those unto repentance who, from stupor and hardness, are turned away, so as to save them.

Regret is a disposition for returning to God,

They have adorned everything , overlooking their mind and their attitude like it is a cheap inn of no value,

Man had a duty to be exalted unto God and for his nous to be offered to God alone and not to search out delight in the enjoyment of created things.

Sin removes all compunction and makes sinners shameless for the darkening of their souls.