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And since we have Him as an Advocate with the Father for our sins let us when as sinners we petition on behalf of our sins put forward the words of our Advocate. For since He says that “whatsoever we shall ask of the Father in His name He will give us” St. Cyprian #askandyouwillreceive #askinHisname #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #holyfifty #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen

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For they who know God the Father the Creator ought also to know Christ the Son lest they should flatter and applaud themselves about the Father alone without the acknowledgment of His Son who also said “No man cometh to the Father but by me.”. This truth Christ showed to us in His Gospel and said “I am the truth.”. How much more effectually do we obtain what we ask in Christ’s name if we ask for it in His own prayer!. In the Gospel: “I am the way and the truth and the life: no one cometh to the

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“Prayer is a yearning for God. Man’s spirit yearns for a life other than the material. Within each of us is a yearning for the infinite and also a yearning for high ideals which are not found in this world… and from here man turns to God to satisfy his spiritual yearnings.” – H.H. Pope Shenouda III #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings #holy50 #faith #prayer

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Then let fear make the beginning because the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fear so to say prepares a place for charity. But when once charity has begun to inhabit the fear which prepared the place for it is cast out. For in proportion as this increases that decreases: and the more this comes to be within is the fear cast out. Greater charity less fear; less charity greater fear. – St Augustine of Hippo #orthodoxy #coptic #churchfathers #truth

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Let us bear all things thankfully- be it poverty be it disease be it anything. For He alone knows what is best for us- St John Chrysostom . . #dailyreadings #copticorthodox #orthodoxy #orthodox #holy50days

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