“Let us strive to enter the narrow gate. Just as the trees, if they have not stood before the winter’s storms cannot bear fruit, so it is with us; this present age is a storm and it is only through many trials and temptations that we can obtain an inheritance in the kingdom of heaven.” …
“A friend is more to be longed for than the light; I speak of a genuine one. And wonder not: for it were better for us that the sun should be extinguished, than that we should be deprived of friends; better to live in darkness, than to be without friends… If any one has a …
“If you have begun some good work, you should not be turned from it by the enemy’s attempts to hinder you, indeed your endurance will overthrow the enemy.” Anna Syncletica #HolySpirit #Baptism #Temptation #wilderness #fasting #endurance #FastoftheApostles #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
“Love unites us to God. Love hides a multitude of sins. Love puts up with everything and is always patient. There is nothing vulgar about love, nothing arrogant…Without love, nothing can please God.” – St Clement Of Rome #Pentecost #LoveIsTheGreatest #GodIsLove #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers
“Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.” – St. John Chrysostom #pentecost #happiness #dailyreadings #coptic #copticorthodox #christianity #godislove
