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“And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.” Mark 13:13 . “For the sake of His love for us and obedience to His Father, Christ joyfully took upon Himself insult and sorrow…. In like manner, when the saints become perfect, they all attain to this perfection, and by the superabundant outpouring of their love and compassion upon all men they resemble God.” St Isaac the Syrian #hatedbyall #persecution #enduretotheend #salvation #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” Luke 5:31,32 . “To say that God turns away from the sinful is like saying that the sun hides itself from the blind.” St Anthony the Great #repentance #healing #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” James 1:17 . “Man’s merit is a free gift, and no one deserves to receive anything from the Father of lights, from whom every good gift comes down, except by receiving what he does not deserve.” St. Augustine #grace #freegift #FatherofLights #Goddoesnotchange #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox . Annunciation of Saint Joachim with Birth of Virgin Mary. On this day, God sent His honorable angel Gabriel to announce to St. Joachim of the birth of the Virgin, the mother of the incarnated God. This righteous man and his wife St. Anna (Hannah) were stricken in years and had no children for Anna was barren. The children of Israel used to insult him because he had not begotten a son. Because of this, these two saints were sad, and prayed continually, and entreated God by day and by night. They vowed that the child they would beget would be made a steward for the temple. While St. Joachim was praying over the mountain, he fell into a deep sleep and Gabriel, the angel of the Lord, appeared to him and announced to him that his wife Anna would conceive and bear a child, that would delight his eyes and please his heart; and likewise all the world would rejoice and be glad. When he woke from his sleep, he came to his house, and told his wife about the vision, which she believed. Anna conceived forthwith, and brought forth our Lady, the Virgin Mary, and St. Anna became more honorable than all the women of the world. May her intercession be with us. Amen. Coptic Synaxarium

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For “He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.” 1 Peter 3:10 . “God has surrounded the tongue with a double wall—a barrier of teeth and the fence of the lips—in order that it may not easily and heedlessly utter words it should not speak. Keep it curbed within your mouth.” St John Chrysostom #guardyourmouth #speaknoevil #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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“Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8 . “Christians, should judge no one, neither an open harlot, nor sinners, nor dissolute people, but should look upon all with simplicity of soul and a pure eye. Purity of heart, indeed, consists in seeing sinful and weak men and having compassion for them and being merciful.” St Macarius the Great #pureinheart #purity #seeGod #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8 . “Christians, should judge no one, neither …

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