“If you have lost hope in yourself, the Lord has not lost hope in your salvation. He has saved many and you are not more difficult than all of them. When grace works in you, there is no room for despair. Enter into repentance with a courageous heart and do not belittle yourself.” Pope Shenouda …
“Give the body its natural need from the material, and nothing more. If the body began to lust for the material and love it in a way that will get it out of the spiritual range, then the spiritual person will discipline their body and bring it into subjection. Which means to make oneself a …
“In you, the One, all things abide And to you all things endlessly converge, Who are the end and goal of all.” – St. Gregory the Theologian #orthodoxy #dailyreadings #coptic #believe #copticorthodox
“The spring and source, then, of every sin are evil thoughts; for, unless these gained mastery, neither murders nor adulteries nor any other such thing would exist. Therefore, each person must keep his own heart with all watchfulness; for when the Lord comes in the day of judgment, “He will bring to light the hidden …
