dailyreadings – Page 12 – Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands, U.K.

“That stone within me, which seems to paralyze the movement of Jesus needs an earthquake- an internal overhaul, a full uprooting change. The matter requires an illuminated projectile that will shake me. This is how Jesus rises within me to subdue the old and make room for the new.” – H.H. Pope Shenouda III

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“They who seek God shall find Him, and they who find God shall praise Him.” – St. Augustine

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“Just as no one can exist of himself, so no one can be wise of himself, but only by the enlightening influence of God.” – St. Augustine

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‘Even faith, [Paul] says, is not from us. For if the Lord had not come, if he had not called us, how should we have been able to believe? “For how,” [Paul] says, “shall they believe if they have not heard?” (Rom. 10:14). So even the act of faith is not self-initiated. It is, he says, “the gift of God” (Eph. 2:8c)’. St John Chrysostom

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“Our life and our death is with our neighbour. If we gain our brother, we have gained God, but if we scandalise our brother, we have sinned against Christ.” St. Anthony the Great • • • #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings #sayingsofthefathers #lent

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