theparalytic Archives • Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands, U.K.

“We should be ashamed, beloved, we should be ashamed and sigh over our extreme languor. He kept waiting for thirty-eight years without getting what he hoped; yet in spite of that he did not retreat. He did not fail because of negligence on his part. He failed, rather, because of the jostling, the violence and the trouble of the others. All that did not cause him to be apathetic. Whereas, we, if we persevered in prayer for ten days for a certain request and did not obtain it, our zeal declines.” St. John Chrysostom #theparalytic #Hope #waitonTheLord #healing #Godismyhelper #Lent #fasting #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“We should be ashamed, beloved, we should be ashamed and sigh over our extreme languor. He kept waiting for thirty-eight …