This is the grace of the Lord, and these are the Lord’s means of restoration for the children of men. For He suffered to prepare freedom from suffering for those who suffer in Him; He descended that He might raise us up; He took on Him the trial of being born that we might love …
“The greater the love of God that the saints possess, the more they endure all things for Him.” – St. Augustine of Hippo #love #lovebelieves #loveendures #lovehopes #lovebears #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen #Holy50 #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
“Christ refers to His family, that He will prefer the church that believed in Him more than the Jews from whom Christ came according to the body.” – St. Ambrose #beadoeroftheword #familyofChrist #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen #holy50 #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
“We believers in Christ, having been gathered from the Gentiles, had been taken captive by the devil, though we were creatures of God. We were sold out to the demonic powers. Into this circumstance our Lord Jesus Christ came bearing the baggage of captivity, as Ezekiel says, and, covering his head so that his adversaries …
“Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.” – Saint Augustine . . #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodoxy #holy50
