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“for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” 2Peter 1:21 . “ASK IN UPRIGHTNESS OF HEART FOR THIS FIERY SPIRIT AND HE WILL THEN BE GIVEN TO YOU…. PERSIST IN PRAYER DILIGENTLY, WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND HE WILL BE GIVEN YOU, FOR THIS SPIRIT DWELLS IN UPRIGHT HEARTS. HE WILL REVEAL TO YOU HIGHER MYSTERIES AND OTHER THINGS WHICH I CANNOT EXPRESS IN INK AND PAPER…. CELESTIAL JOY WILL THEN BE YOUR PORTION DAY AND NIGHT.” St Anthony the Great #HolySpirit #StJosephtheCarpenter #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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““And anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.” -‭‭Luke‬ ‭12:10‬ ‭ . There is nothing worse than blasphemy! No sin can be compared with it. Nothing else enrages God so much, as for His name to be blasphemed. For this no one should either be negligent and be swayed himself, but neither should he be indifferent, if he hears his friend or his enemy blaspheming. This sin increases all the evils, disturbs and confuses our whole life and in the end prepares for us unending hell and unbearable punishment. The person who is impious and blasphemes God, who goes against His laws and never wants to abandon this absurd argument, resembles the drunkard and crazy person. He acts worse than those who are in a state of intoxication and have lost their reasoning, even if he himself doesn’t seem to feel it. Blasphemy and lewd speech, even if they are born in the soul, don’t remain however in it, but also defiles the tongue which spews them out, they also pollute the hearing which puts up with it. Like other poisons they poison both the soul and the body. – Saint John Chrysostom . . . #Coptic #CopticOrthodox #DailyReadings #Faithful #SonOfMan #HolySpirit

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Happy Feast of the Apostles . “Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world.” Psalm 18:4 . “Jesus tells us that His holy Disciples will be more courageous and more understanding when they would be, as the Scripture says, Endowed with power from on high (Luke 24:49), and that when their minds would be illuminated by the torch of the Spirit they would be able to see into all things, even though no longer able to question Him bodily present among them. The Saviour does not say that they would no longer as before need the light of His guidance, but that when they received His Spirit, when He was dwelling in their hearts, they would not be wanting in any good thing, and their minds would be filled with most perfect knowledge.” St Cyril of Alexandria #FeastoftheApostles #StPeter #StPaul #Apostles #HolySpirit #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” – Acts 1:8 . “The Lord Christ sent His apostles, as the sun sends forth its rays, as the flower spreads its sweet aroma, and as the fire emits sparks. The power of Christ is being known through their virtues, as the sun twinkles in its rays, as the flower proclaims its fragrance, and as the fire emits its sparks. Who would not praise the teacher when he sees the students well educated?” – St. John Chrysostom #HolySpirit #powerfromtheHolySpirit #youwillbemywitnesses #buildHiskingdom #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #apostlesfast

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“However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.” – John‬ ‭16:13‬ . “This is our renewal; it makes of us an image of God again. This happens through the regenerating washing of the Holy Spirit that restores us so that we become God’s children. We become a new creation again through the communion of the Spirit who delivers us from what was old.” – St. Basil the Great . “This does not mean hearing whatever real, palpable words, but rather means the unity of will and strength that is in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Whatever the Spirit says, the Son says here (Jn 16: 13). Let us learn that what the Spirit says, the Son also says and what the Son says the Father also says. For, the work of the Trinity is one in thought and one in characteristic.” – St. Ambrose #SpiritofTruth #Comforter #HolySpirit #Paraclete #Pentecost #guideyouintoalltruth #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings

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