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“Our life and our death is with our neighbour. If we gain our brother, we have gained God, but if we scandalise our brother, we have sinned against Christ.” St. Anthony the Great #apostlesfast #coptic #orthodox #copticorthodox #love #neighbour #churchfathers

“Our life and our death is with our neighbour. If we gain our brother, we have gained God, but if …

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“This rejoicing is not separable from grief, for indeed it is rather deeply connected with grief. The one who grieves for his own wrongdoing and confesses it is joyful. Alternatively it is possible to grieve for one’s own sins but rejoice in Christ…. On this account he says “Rejoice in the Lord.” For this is nothing if you have received a life worthy of rejoicing…. He is right to repeat himself. For since the events are naturally grievous, it is through the repetition that he shows that in all cases one should rejoice.” – St. John Chrysostom #ApostlesFast #Rejoice #RejoiceInTheLord #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

“This rejoicing is not separable from grief, for indeed it is rather deeply connected with grief. The one who grieves …

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“St. Paul is not talking here about those sins that we all recognize and confess as such. Rather he is speaking about preferring one person before another and making invidious comparisons of moral behaviors. Only God, who knows all our secret doings, can judge that sort of thing with accuracy. Only He knows what is more and what is less worthy of punishment.” -St. John Chrysostom #Pentecost #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

“St. Paul is not talking here about those sins that we all recognize and confess as such. Rather he is …

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“Just as the saint is God’s temple, likewise is the sinner who makes of himself a grave.” – St Jerome #Pentecost #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

“Just as the saint is God’s temple, likewise is the sinner who makes of himself a grave.” – St Jerome …

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“By faith Enoch was taken up and did not taste death.” If he had not believed that the observation of the commandment could introduce him again to the place from which the house of Adam had come out because of the transgression, he would not have applied himself to please God for three hundred years. In fact, “without faith,” that is, if that person did not believe that the true God exists and “rewards those who seek him,” he would have never tried to please and seek Him.” – St Ephrem The Syrian #Pentecost #SeekHimDiligently #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

“By faith Enoch was taken up and did not taste death.” If he had not believed that the observation of …

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