“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
“If God showed us just how many things He’s protected us from, our entire lives wouldn’t be enough time to thank Him” – Pope Shenouda III . . #protection #dailyreadings #copticorthodox #orthodoxy #orthodox
God is our Savior and that Christ is our hope. We suffer a lot but our hope is great! Even if we are exposed to fall into traps and dangers, yet we are saved by our Lord and God and not by man. Our Savior is not weak since He is God. Therefore, we are …
“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. …
