“For faith indeed and hope, when the good things believed and hoped for have come, cease….How then is love the greater? In that those pass away. If now so great is the virtue of love, with good reason does St Paul add and say, Follow after love.” -St John Chrysostom #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen #HolyFifty #HolyPentecost #FaithHopeLove …
“Whoever fears God stands above all manner of fear. He has become a stranger to all the fear of this world and placed it far from himself, and no manner of trembling comes near him.” St Ephraim the Syrian #fearGod #fearnoevil #Deliverance #dailyreadings #HolyFifty #ChristisRisenandAscended #coptic #orthodox
“Christ loved us in our unloveliness, in order to make us lovely like Himself.” – St. Augustine #RememberHisLove #RememberHisSacrifice #ChristIsRisenForUs #ChristAscendedForUs #holyfifty #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
“Let us then overcome the world. Let us run toward eternity. Let us follow the King. Let us prepare the memorial of victory. Let us despise the worldly pleasures. We do not need much effort to achieve this. Let us turn to heaven so that we may conquer the world! When you do not desire …
“Today our Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven; let our hearts ascend with him. Listen to the words of the Apostle: If you have risen with Christ, set your hearts on the things that are above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God; seek the things that are above, not the things …