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“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.” Romans 8:5 . “Just as a man whose head is submerged in the water cannot breathe the subtle air which is poured upon the atmosphere’s empty opening, so he who immerses his mind in the cares of the present life cannot take in the breath that is a perception of the new world.” St Isaac the Syrian #theSpirit #liveaccordingtotheSpirit #dailyreadings #Holy50 #coptic #orthodox #ChristisRisen

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Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6 . “I find that the true way is the One who embraces me. He is the One who obstructs my wicked paths, ( Hosea 2:6). He is the One who says in the Gospel: “I am the way, the truth and the life”. St. Jerome #Iamthewaythetruthandthelife #JesusChristisTheWay #dailyreadings #Holy50 #coptic #orthodox #ChristisRisen

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“In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” John 14:2,3 . “May the Lord Jesus Christ go and prepare for us a place. May He leave and not be visible; and may He remain invisible so that we may practice faith. In this manner, He will prepare a place for us. Having faith in Him, we shall live. May we have the desire to believe in that place in order to attain the spot prepared for us. Yearning for love is the means of getting ready to attain that mansion.” St. Augustine #heaven #manymansions #secondcoming #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #ChristisRisen

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“Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 6:11 . “‘The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord’, Prov.21:1 – Let us be kings, and control our bodies (away from sin), and subjugate them; so that our hearts are committed into the hands of God.” – St. Jerome #deadtosin #alivetoGod #ChristisRisen #inthelikenessofHisDeath #inthelikenessofHisResurrection #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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“Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud, and will come into Egypt, the idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.” Isaiah 19:1 . “The shining cloud that carried the Lord Jesus to Egypt is His mother, the Virgin St. Mary, who surpassed the clouds with her purity. As to the altar that was set in the midst of the land of Egypt, it is the Christian Church that was established on the ruins of the pagan temples, after the collapse of their idols, before the face of the Lord Jesus.” St Cyril the Great #blessedisEgyptMyPeople #LordsescapetoEgypt #HolyFamilyinEgypt #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #ChristisRisen

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