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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.” – Matthew 23:27 . “Indeed, it is very dangerous for man to be concerned about the outer appearances in worshipping, without encountering the Lord Jesus Himself, the essence of our worship and mystery of our life. In this case worshipping will not be a cup for salvation, but it will rather carry death for the soul and hardship for the body. Man’s life will be transformed to a beautiful grave from the outside, described by people as spiritually beautiful and pure, for it is painted, where as in its inside it contains a dead and defiled soul, where Christ cannot find a dwelling for Himself in. As St. Jerome says, “Just as the saint is God’s temple, likewise is the sinner who makes of himself a grave.”” – Fr. Tadros Malaty #whitewashedtombs #cleantheinside #deathfrominside #templeortomb #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #apostlesfast

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“Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.” Matthew 12:25 . “God is one, and Christ is one, and His Church is one, and the faith is one, and the people is joined into a substantial unity of body by the cement of concord. Unity cannot be severed; nor can one body be separated by a division of its structure, nor torn into pieces, with its entrails wrenched asunder by laceration. Whatever has proceeded from the womb cannot live and breathe in its detached condition, but loses the substance of health.” St Cyprian #unity #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #ApostlesFast

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“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 . “Seat yourself before the Lord continually, keeping the memory of Him in your heart, lest having lingered outside His memory, you are unable to speak boldly when you enter in before Him, because boldness with God comes from constant conversing with Him and from much prayer.” St Isaac the Syrian #prayer #throneofgrace #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #ApostlesFast

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“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” Philippians 3:20 . “While dragging our body like a shadow on the ground, we keep our souls in the company of the heavenly Spirits.” St. Basil the Great #citizenship in heaven #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #ApostlesFast

“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” Philippians …

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“and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.” – Luke 12:36 . “It is appropriate for us to look forward to Christ’s second coming from heaven; for He will come in the Father’s glory with the saintly angels. Christ will come as if from a banquet; it will be clearly manifested that God dwells as if in feasts and weddings- a befitting thing for Him. There is no sorrow whatsoever in heaven above; since there is nothing at all to grieve for in the nature above the fantasies, and that is not affected by anything.” – St Cyril the Great #beready #thebridegroomisknocking #secondcoming #prepared #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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