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“Love unites us to God. Love hides a multitude of sins. Love puts up with everything and is always patient. There is nothing vulgar about love, nothing arrogant…Without love, nothing can please God.” – St Clement Of Rome #Pentecost #LoveIsTheGreatest #GodIsLove #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

“Love unites us to God. Love hides a multitude of sins. Love puts up with everything and is always patient. …

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“For faith indeed and hope, when the good things believed and hoped for have come, cease….How then is love the greater? In that those pass away. If now so great is the virtue of love, with good reason does St Paul add and say, Follow after love.” -St John Chrysostom #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen #HolyFifty #HolyPentecost #FaithHopeLove #LovrIsTheGreatest #GodIsLove #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

“For faith indeed and hope, when the good things believed and hoped for have come, cease….How then is love the …

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“There are then three means whereby we shall reach the Divine courts that are above and enter the Church of the firstborn; namely, by practice in virtue of every kind, by faith in rightness of doctrine, and by hope of life to come. Is there any one else than our Lord Jesus the Christ, who could ever be a leader, a helper, or a means for granting us success in such matters as these? Surely not: do not think it.” – St Cyril of Alexandria #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen #HolyFifty #IAmTheWay #IAmTheTruth #IAmTheLife #GodIsLove #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

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“The soul, which has the true fear groans saying, ‘I will sing of mercy and justice; to you O lord, I will sing praises. I will behave wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when will You come to me?’ (Ps. 101: 1). She walks in a perfect way, so she does not fear, for love casts out fear. When the Bridegroom comes to her arms, she fears but she feels secure. She fears not to be thrown in Hades, but to be without sin lest her Bridegroom forsakes her.” -St Augustine . . . “There is one who fears lest he is whipped; this is the fear of the slaves. There is one who fears lest he loses; this is the fear of the servants. There is one who fears lest he offends someone; this is the fear of the righteous.” -St. Philoxenus #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen #HolyFifty #LoveCastsOutFear #Love #Fear #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

“The soul, which has the true fear groans saying, ‘I will sing of mercy and justice; to you O lord, …

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“The whole of your life does not equate to a twinkling of an eye if compared to eternity which has no end. What is the whole of your life on earth but a preparation and readiness for that eternity, the life of immortality? It is for you then to be convinced of the importance of eternity and to place it always before your eyes, and all things will appear cheap besides it.” – H.H. Pope Shenouda III #readings #coptic #free #orthodoxy #truth #churchfathers #copticorthodox

“The whole of your life does not equate to a twinkling of an eye if compared to eternity which has …

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