The wise man once said; “Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain” (Proverbs 31:30). Many of the things glorifying the Creator in His creation are its beauty and its charm. But many are attracted to beauty without giving glory to God for His fine creation. O, what a pity, the beauty of Absalom’s hair and …
St. Archdeacon Habib Guirguis “Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips” (Proverbs 27:2). “To seek one’s own glory is not glory” (Proverbs 25:27). The one who boasts by his good work and accepts praise for it, without mentioning his ‘falling short of’, is like the …
These were the words of Saint Dioscorus, the Champion of Orthodoxy and 25th Pope of Alexandria concerning our Saviour. This excerpt is from “The Story of the Copts”, volume I, by Iris Habib el-Masri. When Kyrillos the Great went to his reward, the Copts elected Dioscorus to succeed him and became the 25th Head of …
An excerpt from a homily by our beloved Saint, explaining Phil. 4:4-7: “Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to …
Excerpts about fasting from the teachings of St. John Chrysostom, may his prayers be with us, Amen. When the fast makes its appearance, like a kind of spiritual summer, let us as soldiers burnish our weapons, and as harvesters sharpen our sickles, and as sailors order our thoughts against the waves of extravagant desires, and …
