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Every family should have a room where Christ is welcome in the person of the hungry and thirsty stranger. . . Therefore, set aside a room in your house, to which Christ may come; say, “This is Christ’s room; this is set apart for him.” Even if it is very simple, he will not disdain it. Christ goes about “naked and a stranger”; he needs shelter: do not hesitate to give it to him. Abraham received strangers in his own home (Gn 18); his wife took the place of a servant… They did not know that they were receiving Christ, that they were receiving angels. But we, who know that we receive Christ, do show not as much zeal as he did, who thought that he was receiving mere men. — St John Chrysostom . #behospitable #welcomethestranger #invitechrist #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #holybible #orthodoxy #fatherabraham #openyourhome

Every family should have a room where Christ is welcome in the person of the hungry and thirsty stranger. . …

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“He who accepts denigration and dishonor for the sake of truth, walks in the path of the Apostles, having taken up the cross and just as though being bound with shackles. However, he who does not do this but undertakes to follow his heart is seduced by his mind and falls into temptation and the devil’s snares.” St Mark the Ascetic #StAbanoub #Martyr #saints #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings

“He who accepts denigration and dishonor for the sake of truth, walks in the path of the Apostles, having taken …

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“It is enough for You to know, for You are not like those who love and forget. If God did not love sinners, He would not have descended from the heavens to the earth.” St. Augustine #raisingLazarus #Resurrection #JesusChrist #TheResurrectionandTheLife #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“It is enough for You to know, for You are not like those who love and forget. If God did …

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“Patient waiting is necessary that we may fulfil what we have begun to be and, through God‘s help, that we may obtain what we hope for and believe.” – St. Cyrpian #hope #perseverance #patience #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Patient waiting is necessary that we may fulfil what we have begun to be and, through God‘s help, that we …

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Then, because he had said, “Whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it,” Jesus makes a strict distinction between salvation and destruction. This was to prevent anyone from imagining the one destruction and the other salvation to be all the same thing in the last instance. The distance is infinite between destruction and salvation. Then he makes this inference once for all to establish these points: “For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?” Do you see how the wrongful preservation of life amounts to destruction and is worse than all destruction, as being even past remedy from the want of anything more to redeem it? – Saint John Chrysostom . #FollowTheLord #CarryYourCross #Coptic #Orthodox #CopticOrthodox #DailyReadings

Then, because he had said, “Whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my …

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