“Many blessings such as health, shelter, clothing and food you have, yet you never give thanks because you consider them normal matters and take them for granted. But those that are deprived of them are aware of and feel the values of such blessings and if they obtain them, they give a heartfelt thanks. Always …
“What then? Do you command us to live for display and vain glory? Far from it…..but Let your light shine. That is, Let your virtue be great, and the fire abundant, and the light unspeakable. For when virtue is so great, it cannot lie hidden, though its pursuer shade it over ten thousand fold. Present …
“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
“And so let us be glad and bear with patience everything the world throws at us, secure in the knowledge that it is then that we are most in the Mind of God.” – St. Basil the Great #Burdens #Anxiety #CastAllYourCaresOnHim #GodCaresForYou #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers
“Sow love on Earth, and Earth becomes a heaven. Uproot love from Earth, and Earth becomes a tomb.” – H.H. Pope Shenouda III #apostlesfast #harvest #bible #coptic #christian #christianity #copticorthodox #orthodox #churchfathers #luke #gospel
