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Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. – Psalm‬ ‭51:10‬ . . . Be ashamed when you sin, don’t be ashamed when you repent [To repent means to have a change of heart and mind. It is not simply a feeling of sorrow ,but a psycho/spiritual growth away from evil/death and a turning to God/life]. Sin is the wound, repentance is the medicine. Sin is followed by shame; repentance is followed by boldness [Boldness means to beg God for undeserved mercy]. Satan has overturned this order and given boldness to sin and shame to repentance. – Saint John Chrysostom . . . #Coptic #Orthodox #HolySpirit #Repentance #Confession #Sin #CopticOrthodox #DailyReadings #HolySpirit

Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. – Psalm‬ ‭51:10‬ . . …

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“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.” – 1 John 5:14 . “Those who possess technical skills and know how to repair things are fully confident that when the need arises they will be able to do so. Similarly these holy men, John and other apostles, knew from their own experience that if they asked God for what was pleasing and acceptable to him, they would obtain it. For God is most generous to those who have this knowledge and will grant the requests of those who ask according to his will.” – St. Didymus the Blind #askanditwillbegiven #Hehearsus #ChristIsRisen #ChristisRisenAndAscended #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen. – Luke 24:51-53 . . . “Through the Holy Spirit comes our restoration to paradise, our ascension into the kingdom of heaven, our return to the adoption of sons, our liberty to call God our Father, our being made partakers of the grace of Christ, our being called children of light, our sharing in eternal glory, and, in a word, our being brought into a state of all “fullness of blessing,” both in this world and in the world to come, of all the good gifts that are in store for us, by promise hereof, through faith, beholding the reflection of their grace as though they were already present, we await the full enjoyment.” – St. Basil the Great . . . #CopticOrthodox #Coptic #DailyReadings #HolySpirit #FeastOfAscension #ChildrenOfLight

Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. …

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Jesus spoke these words… O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. John 17:5 . . . Be released from that self which you worship instead of God and which you try always to glorify and exalt before others. Does the world glorify you, my beloved brother? And do you accept this? … Do you not know that glory is due to God alone because He is the Creator and the author of all creation? He alone is self-existent, eternal, powerful and present everywhere… Do you not know that when you glorify yourself or when you let others glorify you, you rob one of God’s attributes and ascribe it to yourself!! … When people praise you, remember the two beautiful verses which say, “I do not receive honor from men.” “And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself ‘ (John. 5:41, 17:5). Learn them by heart and repeat them always within you. – Pope Shenouda #praise #glory #dailyreadings #holy50 #humility #selfforgetfulness

Jesus spoke these words… O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before …

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“He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” 1 John 5:12 . “A heart that has received the heavenly seed is changed in its speech, changed in its thinking, changed in its way of life, changed in its senses. In all that pertains to him such a man is different from the rest of men, and he is like a man who slumbered and has risen from sleep.” St Isaac the Syrian #lifeinChrist #dailyreadings #Holy50 #coptic #orthodox #ChristisRisen

“He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” …

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