“He continues, ‘Let there be salt in you,’ that is, the divine words that bring salvation. If we despise these, we become tasteless, foolish and utterly useless.” ~ St. Cyril of Alexandria #salt #lettgerebesaltinyou #flavour #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #advent #nativityfast
You can not say that any righteous man is without affliction: even if he appear to be so, yet we know not his other afflictions. So that of necessity every righteous man must pass through affliction. For it is a declaration of Christ, that the wide and broad way leads to destruction, but the strait …
“Remember that you are a child of God and that you ought to have His image; walk as is appropriate for a child of God.” – H.H. Pope Shenouda III #coptic #orthdox #dailyreadings #footsteps #christianity
‘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
