“Escape to God alone if you want to escape from Him. Escape by confessing and not by hiding. Tell Him ‘You are my shelter’ and so let the only love, which grants life, to grow inside you.” – St. Augustine #brightsaturday #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
“As human beings love to live on this earth, they are promised life; and as they fear death very much, they are promised eternal life. What do you love? That you live. You will obtain that. What do you fear? That you die. You will have everlasting life… Let us love eternal life, in that …
“He tasted death for the sake of all; although by nature, He, Himself was the Life and resurrection. He surrounded His body with death, then by His mighty power, He treaded upon death to become the Firstfruit among the dead, and the Firstfruit of those who have fallen asleep. If the resurrection from the dead …