“I cannot persuade myself that without love to others, and without, as far as rests with me, peaceableness towards all, I can be called a worthy servant of Jesus Christ.” – St. Basil the Great #love #dailyreading #saviour #servant #coptic #copticorthodox
St. Anthony said, “I saw the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world, and I said groaning, “What can get through from such snares?” Then I heard a voice saying to me, “Humility.”” . #putothersaboveyourself #humility #servant #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox #holybible #orthodoxy #humble
“Everyone is a minister of the Lord just as the Lord is a minister Himself. By serving in His footsteps, a servant will be greatly honored by the Father who will grant him fellowship with the Son. Consequently, such a minister’s joy will be complete for evermore.” St Augustine #servant #followChrist #imitateChrist #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
“Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.”” – Luke 1:38 . “Lord, those are Your best servants who wish to shape their life on Your answers rather than to shape Your answers on their wishes.” – St. Augustine #servant #submission #stmary #nativityfast #annunciation #kiahk …
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.” – John 10:11 . ‘I am the good Shepherd’: the Lord speaks here about suffering and underlines that it brings salvation to the world. He was not obliged to come; therefore He presents the model of the shepherd and the hired …
