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“In the same way, we have woven a garment for the cold and shivering Christ. We have received the fabric of wisdom from God that we may impart knowledge to some and clothe them with ‘compassion, chastity, kindness, lowliness’ and the other virtues. All these virtues are the spiritual garments of those who have listened to the words of those who teach these virtues, according to him who says, ‘Put on, then, compassion, kindness, lowliness, gentleness’ and so forth, more so Christ Himself, who is all these things to the faithful, according to him who said, ‘Put on the Lord Jesus.’ Therefore, when we have clothed with garments of this type ‘one of the least’ who believe in Christ, we have apparently clothed the Lord himself, so that the word of God in the world will not go naked. But we must also welcome the Son of God who became a stranger and the members of his body who are strangers in the world, untainted by all mundane actions, even as he says about himself and his disciples: ‘They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.’ And Christ asks the Father to permit them to be with Him where He is.” ~ Origen #inheritthekingdom #secondcoming #iwashungry #iwasthirsty #iwasastranger #dailyreadings #holyweek #pascha #coptic #orthodox #copticpascha

“In the same way, we have woven a garment for the cold and shivering Christ. We have received the fabric …

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“In love did God bring the world into existence; in love is God going to bring it to that wondrous transformed state, and in love will the world be swallowed up in the great mystery of the one who has preformed all these things; in love will the whole course of the governance of creation be finally comprised.” St Isaac the Syrian #endofcopticyear #Nayrouz #endoftheworld #secondcoming #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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“Let us not resist his first coming, that we may not tremble at his second.” St Augustine of Hippo #endofcopticyear #secondcoming #lastdays #beprepared #watchandpray #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Let us not resist his first coming, that we may not tremble at his second.” St Augustine of Hippo #endofcopticyear …

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“and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.” – Luke 12:36 . “It is appropriate for us to look forward to Christ’s second coming from heaven; for He will come in the Father’s glory with the saintly angels. Christ will come as if from a banquet; it will be clearly manifested that God dwells as if in feasts and weddings- a befitting thing for Him. There is no sorrow whatsoever in heaven above; since there is nothing at all to grieve for in the nature above the fantasies, and that is not affected by anything.” – St Cyril the Great #beready #thebridegroomisknocking #secondcoming #prepared #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

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“In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” John 14:2,3 . “May the Lord Jesus Christ go and prepare for us a place. May He leave and not be visible; and may He remain invisible so that we may practice faith. In this manner, He will prepare a place for us. Having faith in Him, we shall live. May we have the desire to believe in that place in order to attain the spot prepared for us. Yearning for love is the means of getting ready to attain that mansion.” St. Augustine #heaven #manymansions #secondcoming #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #ChristisRisen

“In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to …

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