“Peter did not say “you are a Christ” or “a son of God” but “the Christ, the Son of God”. And in calling Him the Son of the Living God, Peter indicates that Christ Himself is Life and death has no authority over Him.” – St. Cyril of Alexandria #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings #pentecost #angels #praise …
“Just as the saint is God’s temple, likewise is the sinner who makes of himself a grave.” – St Jerome #Pentecost #Coptic #Orthodox #DailyReadings #ChurchFathers
“Who, after reflecting on his own weakness, would venture to attribute his purity and integrity to his own strength and not God’s grace?” – St. Augustine #pentecost #workmanship #dailyreading #coptic #copticorthodox #copticchurch
“Would that each day we say to the Lord, ‘I surrender to You, O Lord, my life: Let my heart and my soul and my body and my thoughts, my night and my day, and my life be all Yours. Let it be fruitful.” – Mother Irene (Tamav Irini) #pentecost #godislove #dailyreading #coptic #copticorthodox #christian
“By faith Enoch was taken up and did not taste death.” If he had not believed that the observation of the commandment could introduce him again to the place from which the house of Adam had come out because of the transgression, he would not have applied himself to please God for three hundred years. …
