“WE STILL HOLD FAST TO OUR EARNEST ENDEAVOURS AS MUCH AS IS POSSIBLE, SENSIBLE OF THE FACT THAT HE WHO WAS SWALLOWED BY THE WHALE WAS CONSIDERED DESERVING OF SAFETY BECAUSE HE DID NOT DESPAIR OF HIS LIFE BUT CRIED OUT TO THE LORD.” St Basil the Great #faith #believeonHim #donotdespair #salvation #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
“Christ gave light and saved His children; our spirit was blinded…Thanks to Him the circle of darkness which shrouded us has been broken, and we recovered our sight.” – St. Clement of Rome #sayingsofthefathers #dailyreadings #coptic #copticorthodox #orthodoxy #light #world #salvation
“For this is the nature of God’s grace; it has no end, it knows no bounds, but is on the advance at all times to great things.” St John Chrysostom #ParamouniofEpiphany #Baptism #Salvation #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
“As though shut in within the gross prison-house of the body, wishes to be loosed, that he may begin to be with Christ. But he that will be set free, let him come to the Temple, let him come to Jerusalem, let him wait for the Lord, let him embrace Him with good work as …
“As a spark falling into the wide sea would straightway be quenched, or would become invisible, being overwhelmed by the multitude of the waters, so also all human wickedness, when it falls into the pool of the divine fountain, is more swiftly and easily overwhelmed, and made invisible, than that spark.” St John Chrysostom #Mercy …
