The substance and ground of the love we ought to have for God is obedience to his commandments. ~ St. Didymus the Blind #loveGod #obey #submit #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
“Some people read books in order to find God. Yet there is a great book, the very appearance of created things. Look above you, look below you! Note it, read it! God whom you wish to find, never wrote that book with ink. Instead, He set before your eyes the things that He made. Can …
One might say that the whole body receives increase as each member partakes of the distribution of gifts proportionally. In this way … the members, receiving the distribution in accordance with their own capacities, are thus increased. The Spirit, flowing abundantly from above, comes into contact with all the limbs and distributes according to the …
Faith without works is dead, and works without faith are dead also. For if we have sound doctrine but fail in living, the doctrine is of no use to us. Likewise if we take pains with life but are careless about doctrine, that will not be any good to us either. It is therefore necessary …
“He will have them sit down”, as though to alleviate their toil, presents to them spiritual pleasures; and prepares for them a banquet of exalted gifts. ~ St Cyril the Great #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #watch #servetobeserved
