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“It is the Lord Himself who sows, for He dwells in the apostles. It is He who also harvests, and without Him they are counted as nothing… For the Lord says (John 15:5) “Without Me you can do nothing”. St Augustine #preaching #willofgod #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings

“It is the Lord Himself who sows, for He dwells in the apostles. It is He who also harvests, and …

“This is the first Commandment,—Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and thy soul, and with thy might according as thou art able. The sign that thou lovest God, is this, that thou lovest thy fellow; and if thou hatest thy fellow, thy hatred is towards God. ” St Ephraim the Syrian #Love #TheLordyourGod #andyourneighbour #firstcommandment #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“This is the first Commandment,—Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and thy soul, and with …

“Hold to humility, for he who humbles himself will be exalted. The humble one is beloved from God and men, and his appearance is terrifying to the devils.” – St. Pope Cyril VI #humbleyourself #holdtohumility #humility #humble #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Hold to humility, for he who humbles himself will be exalted. The humble one is beloved from God and men, …

“We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.” – St. Jerome #loveChrist #inexpressiblejoy #fullofglory #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.” – St. Jerome #loveChrist #inexpressiblejoy …

“Those whom God foreknew would believe in him he chose to receive the promises. But those who appear to believe yet do not persevere in the faith are not chosen by God, because whoever God chooses will persevere.” St Ambrose . “Let us understand the words ‘…conformed to the image of His Son’: This applies to our inner person. That is why the Apostle says in another quote: ‘And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind…’, Rom 12: 2. Inasmuch as we shall change from the image of this world, so we shall conform to be children of God.” St Augustine #conform #totheimageofChrist #betransformed #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Those whom God foreknew would believe in him he chose to receive the promises. But those who appear to believe …