“When you are about to pray to our Lady the Holy Virgin, be firmly assured, before praying, that you will not depart from her without having received mercy. To think thus and to have confidence in her is meet and right. She is, the All-Merciful Mother of the All-Merciful God, the Word, and her mercies, …
‘He therefore is reproving those who, pursuing an ostentation of useless scrupulosity, neglected the discharge of useful morality. For it is the inside of the cup that is used; if that be foul, what profit is it to cleanse the outside? And therefore what is needed is purity of the inner conscience, that those things …
The Christian faith is like a mustard seed that appears at first sight to be insignificant and weak. Its true strength and outer activity do not appear, except when various temptations start to attack it. Then, its fiery faith in the Lord starts to breathe, and a kind of divine love starts to provoke, not …
“We implore of you that you live as knowing that you are to render to God an account of your whole life.” – St. Augustine #pentecost #holyspirit #dailyreading #bible #coptic #copticorthodox #christianity
When a man insults you, look not to him, but to the devil that moves him, and against him empty all your wrath, but pity the man who is moved by him -St. John Chrysostom . . #dailyreadings #loveyourenemies #considerHim #coptic #orthodox #apostlesfast
