Do not let those possessions hold your hands which should hold God. Let your love not become preoccupied by anything; as by it you cross over to God, and to stick to Him who created you – St Augustine . . #sticktoHim #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
“It is not necessary to roam heaven and earth after God or to send our mind to seek Him in different places. Purify your soul, O son of man, remove from yourself the thought of memories outside of nature; hang the veil of chastity and humility before your impulses. By means of these you will …
“The times do not belong to you. Now you are migrants and expatriates, strangers and foreigners. Do not seek honours. Do not seek glory, authority or retribution. Bear all things. Only by patience will you redeem the time.” St. John Chrysostom #wisdom #redeemthetime #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #ApostlesFast
“Just as painters in working from models constantly gaze at their exemplar and thus strive to transfer the expression of the original to their own artistry, so too he who is anxious to make himself perfect in all the kinds of virtue must gaze upon the lives of the saints as upon statues, so to …
“But perchance sin overtakes us from our mortal life: what shall be done then? What? Shall there be now despair? Hear: And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and He is the propitiator for our sins. He then is the advocate; do your endeavor not to …
