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“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 #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

“The narrow way neither do all find, nor when they have found it, do they straightway walk therein. Many, after …

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“Tears- even without prayer- have a voice which God listens to, but the response to them is from His tender heart.” – H.H. Pope Shenouda III #christianity #copticorthodox #coptic #dailyreading #orthodox #soul #tenderheart

“Tears- even without prayer- have a voice which God listens to, but the response to them is from His tender …

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‘Abundant talk is the throne of bragging. From this throne, the love of the ego and pride appears. Abundant talk is a sign of ignorance, which leads to foolish laugh, coarse jesting, lying and hypocrisy. It leads to sleep and lack of concentration in memory. It cools the heat of spirituality and makes our prayers lukewarm and not fervent’ . St. John Climacus #orthodox #churchfathers #coptic #lent

‘Abundant talk is the throne of bragging. From this throne, the love of the ego and pride appears. Abundant talk …

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When people have zeal and eagerness, God will give everything sufficient for their needs. But if we have a zero level of responsiveness, God’s gifts are blocked by the recipients. Even what they seemed to have is being taken away from them. (St. John Chrysostom) #hunger #zeal #eagerness #blessedarethosewhohungerandthirstforrighteousness #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #lent #greatlent

When people have zeal and eagerness, God will give everything sufficient for their needs. But if we have a zero …

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“Do you grasp the excellence of a Christian disposition? After you give your coat and your cloak, even if your enemy should wish to subject your naked body to hardships and labors, not even then, Jesus says, must you forbid him. For He would have us possess all things in common, both our bodies and our goods, as with them that are in need, so with them that insult us. For the latter response comes from a courageous spirit, the former from mercy.” . – St John Chrysostom . . #Mercy #GoTheExtraMile #GodlyWisdom #GodIsGood #GodIsGoodAllTheTime #AllTheTimeGodIsGood #DelightInGod #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers

“Do you grasp the excellence of a Christian disposition? After you give your coat and your cloak, even if your …

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