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

“Let us offer our thanks that Jesus has a real body and a real soul. For, if the Lord had not taken the human nature in its totality, humanity would not have been saved. If He had taken the physical form only, with no soul, He would have saved the body, without the soul, though we need the salvation of the soul more than we do that of the body. He has taken the body and the soul together so as to save them, to save the entire man just as He had created him.” St. Jerome. #Gesthemane #ThyWillbedone #watchandpray #FridayEve #HolyWeek #HolyPascha #dailyreadings #Coptic #Orthodox

“Let us offer our thanks that Jesus has a real body and a real soul. For, if the Lord had …

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The man who is perpetually absorbed in this present life, and yet not with eternity, or with death, or with what comes after death, can easily be oblivious of the soul. The rich fool didn’t think of death but thought of a long lifetime ahead of him… the man who walks in the leisure and love of the world sets before his eyes many years ahead, but he who dwells on the salvation of his soul sets continually before his eyes death and the day of judgement. Death reminds us of the account that we shall give, and reminds us that we shall stand before the throne of the just God. – H.H Pope Shenouda . . #coptic #orthodox #dailyreadings #eternity #watchandpray #justjudge

The man who is perpetually absorbed in this present life, and yet not with eternity, or with death, or with …

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“Whereas this time is uncertain and always in prospect, we may advance day by day as if summoned, reaching forward to the things before us and forgetting the things behind.” – St. Athanasius #beready #watchandpray #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Whereas this time is uncertain and always in prospect, we may advance day by day as if summoned, reaching forward …

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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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“Whereas this time is uncertain and always in prospect, we may advance day by day as if summoned, reaching forward to the things before us and forgetting the things behind.” – St. Athansius the Apostolic#watchandpray #beready #reachforward #forgetwhatisbehind #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“Whereas this time is uncertain and always in prospect, we may advance day by day as if summoned, reaching forward …

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