“Today our Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven; let our hearts ascend with him. Listen to the words of the Apostle: If you have risen with Christ, set your hearts on the things that are above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God; seek the things that are above, not the things …
Hope drives us to the top, and cures us! Never be worried nor in despair lest your hope becomes in vain – St John Chrysostom . . #hopeineternity #heaven #coptic #orthodox #holy50 #resurrection #orthodoxy #copticorthodox
Faith is a clear vision of things, and complete assurance of unseen things – St. John Chrysostom . . #faithcandoanything #faith #dailyreadings #copticorthodox #coptic #orthodox #holy50 #resurrection
“and while the disciples were smarting with the anxieties of fear He bids them take to themselves the terrible power of faith. For thus are we safe, and not otherwise, according surely to the song of the Psalmist: The Lord is my illumination and my saviour; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the shield …
“There are then three means whereby we shall reach the Divine courts that are above and enter the Church of the firstborn; namely, by practice in virtue of every kind, by faith in rightness of doctrine, and by hope of life to come. Is there any one else than our Lord Jesus the Christ, who …
