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“Lord, remember David and all his afflictions” – Psalm 131 (132):1 . “How compassionate was his spirit! He was truly justified, as it came in his psalm: “Lord, Remember David and all his meekness” Let us follow his lead; … Let us utter no word against our adversary, nor do him evil, but present to him goodness as much as we can; As by that, we do good to ourselves more than to him; according to the Lord’s command to forgive our enemies, so that God will also forgive us (Matthew 6: 14).” – St. John Chrysostom #afflictions #meekness #humility #stbishoy #stpishoy #forgive #loveyourenemies

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“Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.” – Mark 9:37 . “The Lord has honored man by means of his incarnation, and he has honored the poor by considering them his younger brothers, and whatever is done to them is offered for his account. Here he is honoring childhood; he, who accepts a child in his name, accepts him. I wonder who would not be eager enough to embody the nature of ‘modest childhood’ carrying the name of the Messiah, the king? Indeed, the Lord has sanctified childhood for he himself has become a child. He still does sanctify it, for his name is carried by the little children.” – Fr. Tadros Malaty #humility #child #children #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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“Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” Luke 10:20 . “We rejoice for our names have been written in the kingdom of heaven, which refers to the righteous life in the Lord. As for casting out devils, this is a gift from the Lord, which the devious person can obtain but he will perish as a result of it.” St Anthony #rejoice #heaven #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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Happy Feast of the Apostles . “Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world.” Psalm 18:4 . “Jesus tells us that His holy Disciples will be more courageous and more understanding when they would be, as the Scripture says, Endowed with power from on high (Luke 24:49), and that when their minds would be illuminated by the torch of the Spirit they would be able to see into all things, even though no longer able to question Him bodily present among them. The Saviour does not say that they would no longer as before need the light of His guidance, but that when they received His Spirit, when He was dwelling in their hearts, they would not be wanting in any good thing, and their minds would be filled with most perfect knowledge.” St Cyril of Alexandria #FeastoftheApostles #StPeter #StPaul #Apostles #HolySpirit #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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“Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.” Hebrews 12:14 . “Christ is holiness, without which no one can see the face of God. Christ is our salvation, for He is the Savior and the Redeemer at the same time. Christ is everything for us. Whoever forsakes anything for the Lord finds in Him all his satisfaction and compensation for all what he had forsaken. Thus he can freely say: “The Lord is my portion”.” St Jerome #pursuepeace #holiness #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #ApostlesFast

“Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.” Hebrews 12:14 . “Christ is …

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