Contemplations – Page 244 – Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands, U.K.

“If we seek God, he will show himself to us, and if we keep him, he will remain close to us.” – Abba Arsenius #copticorthodox #coptic #christianity #dailyreading #lent #samaritanwoman

“If we seek God, he will show himself to us, and if we keep him, he will remain close to us.” – Abba Arsenius #copticorthodox #coptic #christianity #dailyreading #lent #samaritanwoman

Mar 31, 2019

“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” – St. Augustine #copticorthodox #dailyreading #faith #prayer #lent

“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” – St. Augustine #copticorthodox #dailyreading #faith #prayer #lent

Mar 30, 2019

Why then did the blind man on hearing that He was passing by exclaim “Jesus Thou Son of David have mercy on me? “. But how consistent is the interpretation on our side of the question! For He who had been a little while ago invoked by the blind man as “the Son of David” – Tertullian of Carthage #coptic #orthodoxy #christian #lent

Why then did the blind man on hearing that He was passing by exclaim “Jesus Thou Son of David have mercy on me? “. But how consistent is the interpretation on our side of the question! For He who had been a little while ago invoked by the blind man as “the Son of David” – Tertullian of Carthage #coptic #orthodoxy #christian #lent

Mar 28, 2019

‘Why then did the blind man, on hearing that He was passing by, exclaim, “Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me? “. But how consistent is the interpretation on our side of the question! For He, who had been a little while ago invoked by the blind man as “the Son of David”’ – Tertullian of Carthage #coptic #orthodoxy #christian #lent

‘Why then did the blind man, on hearing that He was passing by, exclaim, “Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me? “. But how consistent is the interpretation on our side of the question! For He, who had been a little while ago invoked by the blind man as “the Son of David”’ – Tertullian of Carthage #coptic #orthodoxy #christian #lent

Mar 28, 2019

Christians therefore ought to strive continually and never to pass judgment on anyonno not upon the harlot on the street or upon open sinners and disorderly personsbut to regard all men with singleness of intention and purity of eye so that it may become like a fixed law of nature to despise no one to judge no one to abhor no one to make no distinctions between them. If you see a man with one eye be not divided in your heart but look upon him as if he were whole. If a man is maimed of one hand s

Christians therefore ought to strive continually and never to pass judgment on anyonno not upon the harlot on the street or upon open sinners and disorderly personsbut to regard all men with singleness of intention and purity of eye so that it may become like a fixed law of nature to despise no one to judge no one to abhor no one to make no distinctions between them. If you see a man with one eye be not divided in your heart but look upon him as if he were whole. If a man is maimed of one hand s

Mar 27, 2019

Christians therefore ought to strive continually, and never to pass judgment on anyon—no, not upon the harlot on the street, or upon open sinners and disorderly persons—but to regard all men with singleness of intention and purity of eye, so that it may become like a fixed law of nature to despise no one, to judge no one, to abhor no one, to make no distinctions between them. If you see a man with one eye, be not divided in your heart, but look upon him as if he were whole. If a man is maimed of one hand, see…

Christians therefore ought to strive continually, and never to pass judgment on anyon—no, not upon the harlot on the street, or upon open sinners and disorderly persons—but to regard all men with singleness of intention and purity of eye, so that it may become like a fixed law of nature to despise no one, to judge no one, to abhor no one, to make no distinctions between them. If you see a man with one eye, be not divided in your heart, but look upon him as if he were whole. If a man is maimed of one hand, see…

Mar 27, 2019