“The narrow way neither do all find, nor when they have found it, do they straightway walk therein. Many, after they have found the way of truth, caught by the pleasures of the world, desert midway.” . – St Jerome . . . #TheNarrowGate #NarrowGate #WayToLife #TheWayToLife #GoTheExtraMile #GodlyWisdom #GodIsGood #GodIsGoodAllTheTime #AllTheTimeGodIsGood #DelightInGod #Coptic #Orthodox …
“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.” …
The pleasure of evil is temporary but its pain remains. On the contrary, virtue gives lasting satisfaction and its labor is temporary – St John Chrysostom #narrowgate #lastingsatisfaction #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
And He said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.” Luke 13:24 . “What then do the Lord’s words mean at another place (Matt.11: 30) “For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.” Actually there is no …
