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“I found myself imprisoned inside the whale and all my hope was in the Lord.” – St. Jerome #jonah #outofthepit #saved #saviour #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“I found myself imprisoned inside the whale and all my hope was in the Lord.” – St. Jerome #jonah #outofthepit …

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“As Jonah spent three days and nights in the belly of the fish and was delivered up ‎sound again, all of us who have passed through the three stages of our present life on earth–the ‎beginning, middle, and end– rise again. For our present time consists of three intervals: the past, ‎the future, and the present. Thus, the Lord spent three days in the earth as a symbol to teach us ‎clearly that our resurrection shall take place after these intervals of time have been fulfilled. Our ‎resurrection shall be the beginning of the future age and the end of this. In that age, there is ‎neither past nor future, but only the present. ‎ Moreover, Jonah having spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish, was ‎not destroyed by his flesh being dissolved, as is the case with that natural decomposition which ‎takes place in the belly, in the case of those meats which enter into it, on account of the greater ‎heat in the liquids, that it might be shown that these bodies of ours may remain undestroyed. For ‎consider that God had images of Himself made as of gold, that is of a purer spiritual substance, ‎as the angels; and others of clay or brass, as ourselves. He united the soul which was made in ‎the image of God to that which was earthy. As, then, we must here honor all the images of a king, ‎on account of the form which is in them, so also it is incredible that we who are the images of God ‎should be altogether destroyed as being without honor. Whence also the Word descended into ‎our world, and was incarnate of our body, in order that, having fashioned it to a more divine ‎image, He might raise it incorrupt, although it had been dissolved by time. And, indeed, when we ‎trace out the dispensation which was figuratively set forth by the prophet, we shall find the whole ‎discourse visibly extending to this.” ~ St Methodius #jonah #jonahsfast #christ #dailyreadings

“As Jonah spent three days and nights in the belly of the fish and was delivered up ‎sound again, all …

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“People should not claim for themselves what they have not obtained as a result of their own effort. They need to explain it as the gift that they have received freely from God; otherwise He will withdraw such blessings from the ungrateful. The Baptist did not want that to happen to him for he wanted to be thankful. He confessed he had been blessed, and proclaimed that he rejoiced on hearing the voice of the Bridegroom by saying: “Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled” St. Augustine #Christ #Bridegroom #bride #joy #SundayGospel #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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“If you put your confidence in baptism to the point that you neglect your behaviour after it, Paul says that, even if you are baptised, if you are not led by the Spirit afterward you will lose the dignity bestowed on you and the honour of your adoption. This is why he does not talk about those who received the Spirit in the past but rather about those who are being led by the Spirit now.” – St. John Chrysostom #ledbytheSpirit #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“If you put your confidence in baptism to the point that you neglect your behaviour after it, Paul says that, …

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“Christ gave light and saved His children; our spirit was blinded…Thanks to Him the circle of darkness which shrouded us has been broken, and we recovered our sight.” – St. Clement of Rome #sayingsofthefathers #dailyreadings #coptic #copticorthodox #orthodoxy #light #world #salvation

“Christ gave light and saved His children; our spirit was blinded…Thanks to Him the circle of darkness which shrouded us …

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