Contemplations – Page 336 – Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands, U.K.

What keeps you from giving now? Isn’t the poor man there? Aren’t your own warehouses full? Isn’t the reward promised? The command is clear: the hungry man is dying now, the naked man is freezing now, the man in debt is beaten now – and you want to wait until tomorrow? “I’m not doing any harm,” you say. “I just want to keep what I own, that’s all.” You own? … You are like someone who sits down in a theater and keeps everyone else away, saying that what is there for everyone’s use is his own … If everyone…

What keeps you from giving now? Isn’t the poor man there? Aren’t your own warehouses full? Isn’t the reward promised? The command is clear: the hungry man is dying now, the naked man is freezing now, the man in debt is beaten now – and you want to wait until tomorrow? “I’m not doing any harm,” you say. “I just want to keep what I own, that’s all.” You own? … You are like someone who sits down in a theater and keeps everyone else away, saying that what is there for everyone’s use is his own … If everyone…

Feb 9, 2018

“We are not made for ourselves alone, we are made for the good of all our fellow creatures.” St Gregory the Theologian #preaching #KingdomofGod #Salvation #Godiswithus #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“We are not made for ourselves alone, we are made for the good of all our fellow creatures.” St Gregory the Theologian #preaching #KingdomofGod #Salvation #Godiswithus #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

Feb 8, 2018

If you make a request to God, trust that in the moment in which He heard you He has started to act for your sake, even before you ask- H.H Pope Shenouda lll . . #hehears #helistens #coptic #dailyreadings #orthodoxy #copticorthodox

If you make a request to God, trust that in the moment in which He heard you He has started to act for your sake, even before you ask- H.H Pope Shenouda lll . . #hehears #helistens #coptic #dailyreadings #orthodoxy #copticorthodox

Feb 7, 2018

Life is time and whoever wastes time wastes life- H.H Pope Shenouda lll . . #time #coptic #dailyreadings #orthodoxy #copticorthodox

Life is time and whoever wastes time wastes life- H.H Pope Shenouda lll . . #time #coptic #dailyreadings #orthodoxy #copticorthodox

Feb 6, 2018

“Let the ear fast by not listening to evil talk and gossip. Let the mouth fast from foul words and unjust criticism.” – St. John Chrysostom #dailyreadings #love #coptic #copticorthodox

“Let the ear fast by not listening to evil talk and gossip. Let the mouth fast from foul words and unjust criticism.” – St. John Chrysostom #dailyreadings #love #coptic #copticorthodox

Feb 5, 2018

“Do not say this happened by chance, while this came to be of itself.’ In all that exists there is nothing disorderly, nothing indefinite, nothing without purpose, nothing by chance … How many hairs are on your head? God will not forget one of them. Do you see how nothing, even the smallest thing, escapes the gaze of God? ” St Basil the Great #manbornblind #enlightenment #healing #SundayGospel #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Do not say this happened by chance, while this came to be of itself.’ In all that exists there is nothing disorderly, nothing indefinite, nothing without purpose, nothing by chance … How many hairs are on your head? God will not forget one of them. Do you see how nothing, even the smallest thing, escapes the gaze of God? ” St Basil the Great #manbornblind #enlightenment #healing #SundayGospel #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

Feb 4, 2018