You have released us, O Lord, from the fear of death. You have made the end of life here on earth a beginning of true life for us – Saint Macrina . . #lifeinchrist #heiseternallife #heaven #eternity #dailyreadings #copticorthodox #coptic #orthodox #holy50 #holy50days
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 Lord speaks about death and calls it sleep. Sleep indicates physical rest as it helps restore the energy of the body. Thus a person wakes up to start in a new day fully active and energetic. This is true as well in the case of the sleep of death; for a believer, when he …
When you pluck a flower, it keeps its smell; and when it is crushed or cut in pieces, it smells even more. In the same manner, when the Lord Jesus was hung on the Cross, He did not fail when bruised nor weaken when being torn. When pierced with the spear, He became more handsome …
“He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” 1 John 5:12 . “A heart that has received the heavenly seed is changed in its speech, changed in its thinking, changed in its way of life, changed in its senses. In all that pertains …
