“Great is the fast which makes God sympathetic, tames the lions, and terrifies the devils.” – St. Jerome #advent #dailyreading #fasting #coptic #copticorthodox #christianity
‘How does it decay? Being scourged, being persecuted, suffering ten thousand extremities. Yet the inward man is renewed day by day. How is it renewed? By faith, by hope, by a forward will, finally, by braving those extremities. For in proportion as the body suffers ten thousand things, in the like proportion has the soul …
‘Angels do not discuss the divine essence, but they sing triumphal and mystic odes.’ – St John Chrysostom . . #feastofarchangelmichael #angels #praise #dailyreadings #copticorthodox #orthodoxy #orthodox
Do not covet a life, that is free of afflictions; as that, is not for your own good. – St John Chrysostom . . #goldisrefinedbyfire #afflictions #tribulations #dailyreadings #copticorthodox #orthodoxy #orthodox
“There is nothing under the sky that disturbs or bothers me. For I’m protected in that impregnable fortress inside the secure refuge safe in the arms of mercies and I’ve acquired a fountain of consolation.” – H.H. Pope Cyril (Kyrillos) VI #christianity #dailyreading #coptic #copticorthodox #orthodox
