“He who gives you the day will also give you the things necessary for the day.” St Gregory of Nyssa #Sundayofthetreasures #donotworry #Faith #seekthekingdomofGod #Lent #fasting #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
“For He is my hope; He is my boast; He is my never-failing riches, on whose account I bear about with me these bonds from Syria to Rome, these spiritual jewels, in which may I be perfected through your prayers, and become a partaker of the sufferings of Christ, and have fellowship with Him in …
“As salt is needed for all kinds of food, so humility is needed for all kinds of virtues.” – St. Isaac the Syrian #salt #virtues #dailyreadings #coptic #copticorthodox #fasting #lent
“The Lord knew that vanity may spring from every good thing, and therefore bids us root out the bramble of vain-gloriousness which springs in the good soil, that it choke not the fruit of fasting. For though it cannot be that fasting should not be discovered in any one, yet is it better that fasting …
“By these words, he proclaims in a very clear way, that to see is more exalted than to hear; The progress he gained through the pain and suffering, made him different from what he used to be; And by becoming able to behold the light of the truth by the inner eye; he is now …
