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“The greater the love of God that the saints possess, the more they endure all things for Him.” – St. Augustine of Hippo #love #lovebelieves #loveendures #lovehopes #lovebears #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen #Holy50 #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“The greater the love of God that the saints possess, the more they endure all things for Him.” – St. …

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“Christ refers to His family, that He will prefer the church that believed in Him more than the Jews from whom Christ came according to the body.” – St. Ambrose #beadoeroftheword #familyofChrist #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen #holy50 #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Christ refers to His family, that He will prefer the church that believed in Him more than the Jews from …

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“Christ did not gain victory for His own sake, but for our benefit. Having become a Man, yet He remained as God and conquered the devil. He, who has never sinned acquired victory for our sake, we, who were bound in death because of sin. The death of Christ conquered the devil, who was committed to deliver all those who died because of sin.” St Ambrose #FeastofEntryofTheLordintoEgypt #OutofEgypt #IcalledMySon #BlessedbeEgypt #Mypeople #HolyFamilyinEgypt #victorious #inChrist #thanksgiving #HolyFifty #Christisrisen #TrulyHeisrisen #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings

“Christ did not gain victory for His own sake, but for our benefit. Having become a Man, yet He remained …

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“We believers in Christ, having been gathered from the Gentiles, had been taken captive by the devil, though we were creatures of God. We were sold out to the demonic powers. Into this circumstance our Lord Jesus Christ came bearing the baggage of captivity, as Ezekiel says, and, covering his head so that his adversaries would not know him, preaching remission to those who had been taken captive and release to those held in chains…. After Christ freed us, we were snatched out of an old captivity into a new freeing captivity [to Christ], as he led us with him into heaven.” – St. Jerome #Heascended #ledcaptivitycaptive #ascendedwiyhHim #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen #holy50 #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“We believers in Christ, having been gathered from the Gentiles, had been taken captive by the devil, though we were …

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“Amazing! Look again, whither He has raised the Church. As though He were lifting it up by some engine, He has raised it up to a vast height, and set it on yonder throne; for where the Head is, there is the body also. There is no interval of separation between the Head and the body; for were there a separation, then would the one no longer be a body, nor would the other any longer be a Head.” St John Chrysostom #FeastoftheAscension #HolyFifty #Christisrisen #TrulyHeisrisen #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Amazing! Look again, whither He has raised the Church. As though He were lifting it up by some engine, He …

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