Contemplations – Page 399 – Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands, U.K.

“But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, That I may declare all Your works.” Psalm 72:28 . “You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run.” St Augustine #drawneartoGod #TrustintheLord #fastoftheNativity #Advent #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, That I may declare all Your works.” Psalm 72:28 . “You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run.” St Augustine #drawneartoGod #TrustintheLord #fastoftheNativity #Advent #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

Dec 10, 2016

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7 . “Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” Saint Augustine #Faith #fastoftheNativity #Advent #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7 . “Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” Saint Augustine #Faith #fastoftheNativity #Advent #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

Dec 9, 2016

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 . “If a man is ill and he recognises his ailment, his healing will be easy. If he confesses his pain, he draws nigh its cure. The pangs of the unyielding heart will be multiplied, and the patient who resists his physician amplifies his torment. There is no unpardonable sin, save the unrepented one.” St Isaac the Syrian #repentance #confession #forgiveness #fastoftheNativity #Advent #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 . “If a man is ill and he recognises his ailment, his healing will be easy. If he confesses his pain, he draws nigh its cure. The pangs of the unyielding heart will be multiplied, and the patient who resists his physician amplifies his torment. There is no unpardonable sin, save the unrepented one.” St Isaac the Syrian #repentance #confession #forgiveness #fastoftheNativity #Advent #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

Dec 8, 2016

“None of them shall teach his neighbour, and none his brother, saying, Know the LORD, for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.” Hebrews 8:11 . “Enter eagerly into the treasure-house that lies within you, and so you will see the treasure-house of heaven: for the two are the same, and there is but one single entry to them both. The ladder that leads to the Kingdom is hidden within you, and is found in your own soul. Dive into yourself and in your soul you will discover the rungs by which to…

“None of them shall teach his neighbour, and none his brother, saying, Know the LORD, for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.” Hebrews 8:11 . “Enter eagerly into the treasure-house that lies within you, and so you will see the treasure-house of heaven: for the two are the same, and there is but one single entry to them both. The ladder that leads to the Kingdom is hidden within you, and is found in your own soul. Dive into yourself and in your soul you will discover the rungs by which to…

Dec 7, 2016

“Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father” Galatians 1:3,4 . “What may not the hearts of believers promise themselves as the gift of God’s grace, when for their sake God’s only Son, co-eternal with the Father, was not content only to be born as man from human stock but even died at the hands of the men he had created?” St. Augustine #salvation #willofGod #ChristgaveHimselfforoursins #fastoftheNativity #Advent #dailyreadings…

“Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father” Galatians 1:3,4 . “What may not the hearts of believers promise themselves as the gift of God’s grace, when for their sake God’s only Son, co-eternal with the Father, was not content only to be born as man from human stock but even died at the hands of the men he had created?” St. Augustine #salvation #willofGod #ChristgaveHimselfforoursins #fastoftheNativity #Advent #dailyreadings…

Dec 6, 2016

“Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul” 1 Peter 2:11 . “Concerning your body, and the passions which afflict its members… reverence the honor with which God has dignified the body, and do not reduce it to the vile conditions of sinful lust.” St. John Chrysostom #pilgrims #fastoftheNativity #Advent #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul” 1 Peter 2:11 . “Concerning your body, and the passions which afflict its members… reverence the honor with which God has dignified the body, and do not reduce it to the vile conditions of sinful lust.” St. John Chrysostom #pilgrims #fastoftheNativity #Advent #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

Dec 5, 2016