‘How does it decay? Being scourged, being persecuted, suffering ten thousand extremities. Yet the inward man is renewed day by day. How is it renewed? By faith, by hope, by a forward will, finally, by braving those extremities. For in proportion as the body suffers ten thousand things, in the like proportion has the soul …
‘Angels do not discuss the divine essence, but they sing triumphal and mystic odes.’ – St John Chrysostom . . #feastofarchangelmichael #angels #praise #dailyreadings #copticorthodox #orthodoxy #orthodox
Do not covet a life, that is free of afflictions; as that, is not for your own good. – St John Chrysostom . . #goldisrefinedbyfire #afflictions #tribulations #dailyreadings #copticorthodox #orthodoxy #orthodox
