Affliction brings blessings. To accept affliction for God’s sake is a genuine act of holiness; for true love is tested by adversities. Without affliction, virtue has not been tested St Mark the Ascetic . . #happyfeastofthecross #coptic #dailyreadings #copticorthodox #orthodoxy #cross #affliction #godslove
“If you see a man pure and humble, that is a great vision. For what is greater than such a vision, to see the invisible God in a visible man?” – St. Pachomious #christianity #copticorthodox #coptic #dailyreading #lent
“There is no knowledge of God’s secret on a full stomach.” – St. Isaac the Syrian #christianity #copticorthodox #coptic #dailyreading #lent
“The narrow way neither do all find, nor when they have found it, do they straightway walk therein. Many, after they have found the way of truth, caught by the pleasures of the world, desert midway.” . – St Jerome . . . #TheNarrowGate #NarrowGate #WayToLife #TheWayToLife #GoTheExtraMile #GodlyWisdom #GodIsGood #GodIsGoodAllTheTime #AllTheTimeGodIsGood #DelightInGod #Coptic #Orthodox …
