“If the Cross had been a sign of weakness, we would have never erected it on our churches and our towers or hanged it round our necks, tattooed it on our hands and drawn it in our writings… The Cross to us is a sign of power, the power of love, sacrifice, self negligence and …
Oh blessed, consider all what befalls you as exercises to strengthen you until you receive eternal crowns and you become inhabitants of heaven, glorifying God forever. Your Lord Jesus Christ who has anointed you with His Holy Spirit and who led you to this kind of training, sees that it is very beneficial for you. …
Trials and tribulations offer us a chance to make reparation for our past faults and sins. On such occasions the Lord comes to us like a physician to heal the wounds left by our sins. Tribulation is the divine medicine. – Saint Augustine . . #goodfromthebad #coptic #orthodox #orthodoxy #copticorthodox #dailyreadings
