Children are an entrustment in our hands… let him feel that you are his friend and that you are on his side, let this be the basis of how you deal with him- H.H Pope Shenouda lll . . #children #angels #dailyreadings #copticorthodox #orthodoxy
“Christ the Lord taught His disciples love before He sent them out to the ministry. He taught them the love of children…” – H.H. Pope Shenouda III #churchfathers #coptic #copticorthodox #christian #christianity #bible #verse #children #heaven #matthew #gospel #liturgy #orthodox #orthodoxy #child #faith #popeshenouda
We set ourselves as teachers and examples for the children, while the Lord says the opposite, setting the children as an example for us, to the extent that He warns us if we do not become like them we will not enter the kingdom! Certainly, He does not mean to be like them in mentality, …
“He exhorted them to acquire humility and simplicity, demonstrating in that child, purity from jealousy, from vain glory, and from love of authority” – St John Chrysostom . “I shed tears when I see myself sitting on a chair higher than those of others and when I get more respect than they do” – St …
“Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 18:4 . “To obtain rest here and in the life to come, we have to struggle in planting the mother of all goodness, which is that of humility in our souls. In this way we are able …
