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“And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”” – Mark 1:10-11 . “He descended, at first, over Christ, Who received the Holy Spirit, not for His own sake but for ours, the human kind, as we, by Him and in Him, we are granted grace over grace… And now, we took Christ as our role Model; so let us approach the grace of holy baptism… that God would open for us the gates of heaven, and would send to us the Holy Spirit, who receives us as His children. As God, the Father, addressed Christ, at the time of His holy baptism, as though, by Him and in Him, He received man who is inhabiting the earth, proclaiming in the sweet voice, the sonship of human kind, saying: “You are My beloved Son; In You I am well pleased” (Lk. 3:22).” – St. Cyril the Great #theHolySpirithasdescendedonus #weareHisbeloved #incarnation #HegaveuswhatisHis #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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“For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.” – Galatians 1:10 . “He ceased to please men when he became Christ’s servant, Christ’s soldier marches on through good report and evil report (2 Cor. 6:8), the one on the right hand and the other on the left. No praise elates him, no reproaches crush him. He is not puffed up by riches, nor does he shrink into himself because of poverty. Joy and sorrow he alike despises. It is a monk’s first virtue to despise the judgments of men.” – St. Jerome #bondservantofChrist #marchon #soldiersofChrist #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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“that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.” – 1 Peter 4:2 . “The cross of our Lord became a fort, a refuge against our former sins. Therefore, since we are renewed, let us be steadfast in the cross, in the truth, and restore our sanctification” – St. Clement of Alexandria #nolongerlivingfortheflesh #livingforthewillofGod #besteadfastinthecross #besteadfastintruth #restoreoursanctification #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” Luke 7:13 . “God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to love ourselves.” St. John Chrysostom #GodsCompassion #raising #sonofwidowofNain #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” Luke 7:13 . …

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And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” – 2 Corinthians 12:9 . . I asked for strength to tolerate, so He gave me weakness to learn to rely on Him- HH Pope Shenouda III . #ourstrength #carryingus #grace #coptic #dailyreadings #holybible #orthodoxy

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