Contemplations – Page 333 – Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands, U.K.

“The Lord speaks about death and calls it sleep. Sleep indicates physical rest as it helps restore the energy of the body. Thus a person wakes up to start in a new day fully active and energetic. This is true as well in the case of the sleep of death; for a believer, when he goes to sleep, rises up into a new life armed with new potentials of a new world” – Fr Tadros Malaty . “Truly it is not said about saints that they are dead but rather they are laying down or resting” St Jerome . .…

“The Lord speaks about death and calls it sleep. Sleep indicates physical rest as it helps restore the energy of the body. Thus a person wakes up to start in a new day fully active and energetic. This is true as well in the case of the sleep of death; for a believer, when he goes to sleep, rises up into a new life armed with new potentials of a new world” – Fr Tadros Malaty . “Truly it is not said about saints that they are dead but rather they are laying down or resting” St Jerome . .…

Mar 31, 2018

“Great are you, O Lord, and exceedingly worthy of praise; your power is beyond measure, and your wisdom beyond reckoning.” – St. Augustine #prepare #lent #praise #blessed #dailyreadings #coptic #copticorthodox

“Great are you, O Lord, and exceedingly worthy of praise; your power is beyond measure, and your wisdom beyond reckoning.” – St. Augustine #prepare #lent #praise #blessed #dailyreadings #coptic #copticorthodox

Mar 30, 2018

“Do not hold aloof from the Church; for nothing is stronger than the Church. The Church is your hope, your salvation, your refuge. It is higher than the heaven, it is wider than the earth. It never waxes old, but is always in full vigour.” St John Chrysostom #TheChurch HouseoftheLord #hope #salvation #healing #refuge #Lent #fasting #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Do not hold aloof from the Church; for nothing is stronger than the Church. The Church is your hope, your salvation, your refuge. It is higher than the heaven, it is wider than the earth. It never waxes old, but is always in full vigour.” St John Chrysostom #TheChurch HouseoftheLord #hope #salvation #healing #refuge #Lent #fasting #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

Mar 29, 2018

Would that I, Lord, forget all, and You alone remain to satisfy my life- H.H Pope Shenouda lll . . #coptic #orthodoxy #copticorthodox #lent #dailyreadings

Would that I, Lord, forget all, and You alone remain to satisfy my life- H.H Pope Shenouda lll . . #coptic #orthodoxy #copticorthodox #lent #dailyreadings

Mar 28, 2018

Patiently endure the toil of the struggle into which you have been led for trial, that you may receive a crown from God and, having passed away from this world, you may ﬁnd rest. Remember also that rest which has no end, that life without enticements, that perfect state, that unchanging mode of life, and that compelling captivity of divine love that dominates nature, of which things may we may be deemed worthy by the grace of Christ – St Isaac the Syrian . . #patience #rest #stillness #dailyreadings #orthodoxy #copticorthodox #coptic

Patiently endure the toil of the struggle into which you have been led for trial, that you may receive a crown from God and, having passed away from this world, you may ﬁnd rest. Remember also that rest which has no end, that life without enticements, that perfect state, that unchanging mode of life, and that compelling captivity of divine love that dominates nature, of which things may we may be deemed worthy by the grace of Christ – St Isaac the Syrian . . #patience #rest #stillness #dailyreadings #orthodoxy #copticorthodox #coptic

Mar 27, 2018

“Moses before had shut up daylight from the traitors, the Egyptians; Christ by fleeing there brought back light to them who sat in darkness.” – St. Augustine #lent #dailyreading #coptic #copticorthodox

“Moses before had shut up daylight from the traitors, the Egyptians; Christ by fleeing there brought back light to them who sat in darkness.” – St. Augustine #lent #dailyreading #coptic #copticorthodox

Mar 26, 2018