“Who can give the people food that keeps them to everlasting life? This is an entirely strange thing for human nature. This befits He who is God above all. As though He says ‘I am not incapable of giving you food that can endure and be fruitful toward eternal life and eternal joy. For, in …
“If you choose, O preachers, to declare your own glory, you would fall. But if you choose to declare His glory, you, yourselves would be built, while building.” – St. Augustine #declareHisglory #glorifyGod #giveGodtheglory #bebuiltwhilebuilding #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
“The end of all things is concealed from us. For in the end of all is the end of each, and in the end of each is the end of all [on the last day]. Whereas this time is uncertain and always in prospect, we may advance day by day as if summoned, reaching forward …
“He who is unable to deliver a sermon, is able to be a sermon; the sermon offers a theoretical teaching, and the good example offers a teaching in practice.” Pope Shenouda III #DepartureofStPaultheFirstHermit #AnbaPaul #Saints #preachwithyourlife #GospelofPeace #gladtidings #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
Man is very harsh in his dealings. We sometimes become easily angry with our friends and from the least behaviour cut our relation with them, forgetting the former love between us. We become intolerant quickly and cannot endure. One action from people makes us unjustly judge their whole life and not change our minds. But …
