“Let us strive to enter the narrow gate. Just as the trees, if they have not stood before the winter’s storms cannot bear fruit, so it is with us; this present age is a storm and it is only through many trials and temptations that we can obtain an inheritance in the kingdom of heaven.” …
“Let us seek to discover the things of heaven through the sweat of our efforts, rather than by mere talk, for at the hour of death it is deeds, not words, that must be displayed.” Saint John Climacus #watchfulness #endurance #afflictions #evangelism #ministry #faithfulness #FastoftheApostles #fasting #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
