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“As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God.” Psalm 41:1 . “To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.” St Augustine #longingforGod #loveGod #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God.” Psalm 41:1 . “To …

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“Blessed are you poor,For yours is the kingdom of God.” Luke 6:20 . “The evangelists began their beatitudes by this phrase, for it is the first according to the arrangement, and it is the mother that begets all other virtues. By scorning the possessions of this life, you deserve the eternal possessions. But if you are imprisoned to the passions of the world, then it is quite impossible to float on the top.” He also adds, “Not all the poor ones are blessed, for poverty is a negative process, for these are righteous poor people and others are evil ones. Blessed is he who is poor in iniquity and malice (John 14:3) “For the prince of the world cometh, and hath nothing in Me.” (2 Cor.8:9) “Blessed is he who follows his Master”, “who though He is rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye though His poverty might be rich.” St Ambrose #beatitudes #Blessedarethepoor #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #StTaklaHaymanot

“Blessed are you poor,For yours is the kingdom of God.” Luke 6:20 . “The evangelists began their beatitudes by this …

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“for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist.” Luke 21:15 . “It is as if the Lord is telling His disciples ‘Do not fear, go to the battle, it is I who will fight; you will utter and it is I who will speak’. St Gregory the Great #witness #mouthandwisdom #donotfear #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or …

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Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. James 4:13-14 . . . James is not trying to take away our freedom to decide, but he is showing us that it is not just what we want that matters. We need God’s grace to complement our efforts and ought to rely not on them but on God’s love for us. As it says in Proverbs: “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth” (Proverbs 27:1) – St. John Chrysostom #vapour #coptic #orthodoxy #christian #dailyreadings #submit #hiswill we look to the #lifeoftheworldtocome #everlastinglife

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year …

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“not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.” 1Peter 3:9 . “Let your mouth continually administer blessing, and you will not be reviled. Reviling begets reviling, and blessing begets blessing.” St Isaac the Syrian #blessing #notreturningevilforevil #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to …

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