“Live in hope, and wait on the Lord, and rejoice in Him and in His works.” – H.H. Pope Shenouda III #coptic #copticorthodox #bible #verseoftheday #popeshenouda #christianity
“We are Christians, and strangers on earth. Let none of us be frightened; our native land is not in the world.” – St. Augustine #heaven #citizens #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings
“He [the Holy Spirit] makes those whom He gathers together undivided against themselves, by dwelling within those who have been cleansed, that they may be like those of whom it is written in the Acts of the Apostles, ―The multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul.” ~ St. Augustine …
“Great indeed was the faith of Abraham. For while in the case of Abel, and of Noah, and of Enoch, there was an opposition of reasonings only, and it was necessary to go beyond human reasonings; in this case it was necessary not only to go beyond human reasonings, but to manifest also something more. …
“When you love the Lord with all your heart and in full, the world becomes like nothing in your eyes” – H.H. Pope Shenouda III #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings #faith #sight #churchfathers