Contemplations – Page 341 – Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands, U.K.

“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

“Provide yourself with this means of seeing God. Let me speak concretely: Why would you, while your eyes are bleary, desire to see a sunrise? Let the eyes be sound, and that light will be full of joy. If your eyes are blind, that light itself will be a torment. Unless your heart is pure, you will not be permitted to see what cannot be seen unless the heart be pure.” – St. Augustine #pure #purity #pureinheart #seeGod #blessedaretgepureinheartfortheyshallseeGod #beatitudes #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Provide yourself with this means of seeing God. Let me speak concretely: Why would you, while your eyes are bleary, desire to see a sunrise? Let the eyes be sound, and that light will be full of joy. If your eyes are blind, that light itself will be a torment. Unless your heart is pure, you will not be permitted to see what cannot be seen unless the heart be pure.” – St. Augustine #pure #purity #pureinheart #seeGod #blessedaretgepureinheartfortheyshallseeGod #beatitudes #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

Feb 3, 2018

“WE STILL HOLD FAST TO OUR EARNEST ENDEAVOURS AS MUCH AS IS POSSIBLE, SENSIBLE OF THE FACT THAT HE WHO WAS SWALLOWED BY THE WHALE WAS CONSIDERED DESERVING OF SAFETY BECAUSE HE DID NOT DESPAIR OF HIS LIFE BUT CRIED OUT TO THE LORD.” St Basil the Great #faith #believeonHim #donotdespair #salvation #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“WE STILL HOLD FAST TO OUR EARNEST ENDEAVOURS AS MUCH AS IS POSSIBLE, SENSIBLE OF THE FACT THAT HE WHO WAS SWALLOWED BY THE WHALE WAS CONSIDERED DESERVING OF SAFETY BECAUSE HE DID NOT DESPAIR OF HIS LIFE BUT CRIED OUT TO THE LORD.” St Basil the Great #faith #believeonHim #donotdespair #salvation #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

Feb 1, 2018

God is enduring in winning sinners, and sees that he who does not repent today may repent tomorrow, and he who does not repent now may repent later – H.H Pope Shenouda lll. . . #mercifulGod #godof2ndchances #endurance #repent #returntoGod #graciousGod #coptic #dailyreadings #orthodoxy #orthodox #copticorthodox

God is enduring in winning sinners, and sees that he who does not repent today may repent tomorrow, and he who does not repent now may repent later – H.H Pope Shenouda lll. . . #mercifulGod #godof2ndchances #endurance #repent #returntoGod #graciousGod #coptic #dailyreadings #orthodoxy #orthodox #copticorthodox

Jan 31, 2018

“I found myself imprisoned inside the whale and all my hope was in the Lord.” – St. Jerome #jonah #outofthepit #saved #saviour #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“I found myself imprisoned inside the whale and all my hope was in the Lord.” – St. Jerome #jonah #outofthepit #saved #saviour #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

Jan 30, 2018

“As Jonah spent three days and nights in the belly of the fish and was delivered up ‎sound again, all of us who have passed through the three stages of our present life on earth–the ‎beginning, middle, and end– rise again. For our present time consists of three intervals: the past, ‎the future, and the present. Thus, the Lord spent three days in the earth as a symbol to teach us ‎clearly that our resurrection shall take place after these intervals of time have been fulfilled. Our ‎resurrection shall be the beginning of the future age and the end of…

“As Jonah spent three days and nights in the belly of the fish and was delivered up ‎sound again, all of us who have passed through the three stages of our present life on earth–the ‎beginning, middle, and end– rise again. For our present time consists of three intervals: the past, ‎the future, and the present. Thus, the Lord spent three days in the earth as a symbol to teach us ‎clearly that our resurrection shall take place after these intervals of time have been fulfilled. Our ‎resurrection shall be the beginning of the future age and the end of…

Jan 29, 2018