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The darkness is being turned into light. There is not, as some heretics argue, a nature so alienated that it cannot receive salvation. Those who receive salvation, the righteous, are “the light of the world.” Those who refuse, the unrighteous, are in consequence called darkness. The difference and distance between one and the other is clearly seen by their own fruits. – Saint Jerome . #BeTheLight #ReturnToTheLord #Salvation #CopticOrthodox #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings

The darkness is being turned into light. There is not, as some heretics argue, a nature so alienated that it …

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“When man begins to listen, he feels hungry, the disciples see his hunger, and though they don’t fulfill his needs, but it is Christ who satisfies him.” St Ambrose #feedingthefivethousand #Christfills #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“When man begins to listen, he feels hungry, the disciples see his hunger, and though they don’t fulfill his needs, …

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The pleasure of evil is temporary but its pain remains. On the contrary, virtue gives lasting satisfaction and its labor is temporary – St John Chrysostom #narrowgate #lastingsatisfaction #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

The pleasure of evil is temporary but its pain remains. On the contrary, virtue gives lasting satisfaction and its labor …

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God’s economy is directed toward a single end in each of these lives: our salvation and good repute. Even if it is divided in two with regard to time, it is united with regard to objective. Just as at first it is winter and then it is spring, and the passage of each season has a single goal – the ripening of the fruit – so it is with our affairs. – Saint John Chrysostom . #DelightInTheLord #GreatAreHisWorks #CopticOrthodox #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings

God’s economy is directed toward a single end in each of these lives: our salvation and good repute. Even if …

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“Whoever approaches God and truly desires to be a partner of Christ must approach with a view to this goal, namely, to be changed and transformed from his former state and attitude and become a good and new person, harboring nothing of “the old man.” For it says, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation” (2 Cor 5:17). For our Lord Jesus Christ came for this reason, to change and transform and renew human nature and to recreate this soul that had been overturned by passions through the transgression. He came to mingle human nature with His own Spirit of the Godhead. A new mind, new eyes, new ears, a new spiritual tongue and, in a word, new humans – this was what He came to effect in those who believe in Him. Or new wineskins, anointing them with His own light of knowledge so that He might pour in them new wine which is His Spirit. For He says, “new wine must be put into new wineskins” (Matt 9:17) St. Macarius the Great #healing #powerofGod #transformation #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings

“Whoever approaches God and truly desires to be a partner of Christ must approach with a view to this goal, …

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