However weak your spiritual life may be, do not despair; for desperation is one of Satan’s wars by which he wants to weaken your morals and stop your resistance, to fall in his hands. Even though you despair of yourself, never despair of the grace of God. If your deeds do not lead you to …
Continuance is a very important element in the spiritual life. It is easy for a person to begin a relationship with God, but, can he continue or not?! this is the question. The Galatians “have begun in the Spirit” but they did not continue and concluded by the flesh (Gal. 3:3). Demas served with the …
We mention in this context our first parents and grandparents Adam and Eve, the first human beings, the first sinners, the first to undergo punishment, and the first married couple forming the first family. The type of the relationship between our mother Eve and our father Adam: She is of the same nature, …
A speech given by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III in the International Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, St. Mark’s Cathedral, Cairo, 1974. These words of wisdom still ring true to this day. We pray for the unity of Christ’s Church. In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, One God, …
Fasting is one of the most important spiritual means. But why? First of all, because it helps us keep self-control. As the one fasting abstains from eating and drinking generally for a period of time, he stops himself from eating whatever relates to animal fat. And so he learns restraint. In the process of restraining from …
