Contemplations – Page 372 – Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands, U.K.

“The cloud of our enemies does not dismay us, but we place our trust in the Spirit’s help, and boldly proclaim the Truth” – St. Basil . . #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #holy50days #ourhelper #ourdeliverer

“The cloud of our enemies does not dismay us, but we place our trust in the Spirit’s help, and boldly proclaim the Truth” – St. Basil . . #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #holy50days #ourhelper #ourdeliverer

May 12, 2017

“Do not doubt therefore…and do not distance yourself from God’s righteousness for it is a blessing that is easy to obtain and it is granted to all without exception.” St John Chrysostom #justifiedbyHisgrace #redemption #HolyFifty #Christisrisen #TrulyHeisrisen #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Do not doubt therefore…and do not distance yourself from God’s righteousness for it is a blessing that is easy to obtain and it is granted to all without exception.” St John Chrysostom #justifiedbyHisgrace #redemption #HolyFifty #Christisrisen #TrulyHeisrisen #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

May 11, 2017

“Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.” – Saint Augustine . . #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodoxy #holy50

“Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.” – Saint Augustine . . #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodoxy #holy50

May 10, 2017

Your example is now the life of St Mary, from which shines forth, as from a mirror, all the beauty of Chastity and the pattern of every virtue – St Ambrose . . She lived a life of abandonment, not protesting, not resisting, not objecting but quietly abandoning to the will of God, without discussion – H.H Pope Shenouda lll . #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #commemorationofourmothersbirth #blessedvirginstmary #whoborethesaviour #richinvirtue

Your example is now the life of St Mary, from which shines forth, as from a mirror, all the beauty of Chastity and the pattern of every virtue – St Ambrose . . She lived a life of abandonment, not protesting, not resisting, not objecting but quietly abandoning to the will of God, without discussion – H.H Pope Shenouda lll . #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #commemorationofourmothersbirth #blessedvirginstmary #whoborethesaviour #richinvirtue

May 9, 2017

“The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.” — St Augustine . . #theholybible #stmark #preachtheword #ourlight #ourpath #ourway #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.” — St Augustine . . #theholybible #stmark #preachtheword #ourlight #ourpath #ourway #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

May 8, 2017

“Lord, turn Thou our faces away from the world by the desire of Thee, that we may see it for what it is, and no longer believe in a shadow as in truth. Fashion us anew, O Lord, and renew and give our mind zeal before death, so that in the hour of our departure we may know the purpose of our entrance and departure from this world. And so, having finished that work for which Thy will first called us to come into this life, may we then hope, with our mind full of confidence, to receive those great…

“Lord, turn Thou our faces away from the world by the desire of Thee, that we may see it for what it is, and no longer believe in a shadow as in truth. Fashion us anew, O Lord, and renew and give our mind zeal before death, so that in the hour of our departure we may know the purpose of our entrance and departure from this world. And so, having finished that work for which Thy will first called us to come into this life, may we then hope, with our mind full of confidence, to receive those great…

May 7, 2017