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Christianity is not a matter of persuading people of particular ideas, but of inviting them to share in the greatness of Christ. So pray that I may never fall into the trap of impressing people with clever speech, but instead I may learn to speak with humility, desiring only to impress people with Christ himself. – St Ignatius of Antioch . . #fishersofmen #preaching #withhumility #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #holybible #orthodoxy

Christianity is not a matter of persuading people of particular ideas, but of inviting them to share in the greatness …

And Jesus said to Simon, ‘Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men’ – Luke 5:10 . . “All who have been ordained for the Ministry of the Word have received from the dear God the command never to abandon our duty, and never to be silent, whether anyone listens to us or not. Thus I am determined… as long as I live, and as long as God pleases to leave me in this life, to fulfil this duty and carry out this command, whether anyone pays attention or not. There are those who make merry over us and say: stop the good advice, skip the admonitions; they will not listen to you, let them go. What are you saying? Have we promised to convert all men in one day? If only ten, or only five, or indeed only one, repents, is not that consolation enough? … what is not accomplished today, can be accomplished tomorrow or if not tomorrow, then the day after tomorrow or later. So a fisherman may draw in his net all day long without any catch: yet, in the evening, at the very moment when he is about to depart for home he often catches a fish that had avoided him all day long… the very same is true of each and every calling” – St John Chrysostom . . #fishersofmen #preach #orthodoxy #coptic #holybible #dailyreadings

And Jesus said to Simon, ‘Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men’ – Luke 5:10 . …