Do not answer a fool according to his folly or you will be likened to him yourself... (Proverbs 26:4)

 

As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly... (Proverbs 26:11)

 

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing... (1 Corinthians 1:18)

 

Every sin that a man commits is outside his body, but he who commits the sins of impurity sins against his own body... The man who commits adultery lacks understanding; he who does so destroys his own soul. Wounds and dishonour he will get and his shame will not be wiped away... (1 Corinthians 6:18; Proverbs 6:32)

غلطة العمر - البابا شنوده

 

قلبى الخفاق - البابا شنودة الثالث

 

أعطني الكلام

 

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labour in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain... (Psalm 127:1)

 

...for broad is the road that leads to destruction and there are many who enter through it.. (Matthew 7:13)

 

 

My sheep hear My voice, I know them and they follow Me... A stranger they will not follow... (John 10:27; John 10:5)

 

Remember therefore from where you have fallen, repent and do the deeds you did at first... (Revelation 2:5)

 

Could you not watch with Me for one hour... (Matthew 26:40)

 

..you know neither Me nor My Father. If you knew Me, you would know My Father also... I and the Father are one... (John 8:19; John 10:30)

 

Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit... (John 12:24)

 

Those who are Mine, I already know... My sheep hear My voice, I call out to them and they follow Me... A stranger they will not follow...

 

لأَنَّ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ إِلَيَّ بِفَمِهِ وَأَكْرَمَنِي بِشَفَتَيْهِ، وَأَمَّا قَلْبُهُ فَأَبْعَدَهُ عَنِّي، وَصَارَتْ مَخَافَتُهُمْ مِنِّي وَصِيَّةَ النَّاسِ مُعَلَّمَةً. “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honour Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. In vain they worship Me. Teaching for doctrine the commandments of men..." (Matthew 15:8-9).

 

Will the Son of Man find faith on the earth when He returns... (Luke 18:8)

 

Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him to strengthen Him... (Luke 22:43)

 

"Father, if You are willing, take this cup away from Me; yet let not My will, but Your will be done..." (Luke 22:42)

 

“Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that your Son may glorify You..." The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone... (John 17:1; Psalm 118:22)

..but blessed is he who does not doubt Me... (Matthew 11:6)

 

He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then He will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-quenching fire... (Matthew 3:12)

 

"My soul is sorrowful unto death... Could you not Watch with Me for an hour?".. For it is written: "I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered..." (Matthew 26:38; Matthew 26:40; Mark 14:27)

 

Watch and pray lest you fall into temptation... (Mark 14:38)

 

رفضوني

 

 

"..and you are clean, but not all of you..” For He knew who would betray Him... Then Jesus said to him, “What you came to do, do quickly...” Is it with a kiss that you betray the Son of Man? (John 13:10-11; John 13:27; Luke 22:48)

 

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory... (1 Timothy 3:16)

 

For "All flesh is like grass, and all the glory of it like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls away, but the word of the Lord endures forever...” (1 Peter 1:24-25)

 

But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you... (Matthew 6:33)

 

Jesus’ Suffering and Crucifixion - A Medical Point of View

 

On the physical death of The Lord Jesus Christ...

 

As a lamb led to the slaughter and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth... (Isaiah 53:7)

 

“Woman, behold, your son!"... Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” (John 19:26-27)

 

“Truly, I say to you, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you know Me...” (Matthew 26:34)

 

"Be ashamed when you sin, not when you repent - Sin is the wound, repentance is the medicine. Sin is followed by shame; repentance is followed by boldness. Satan has overturned this order and given boldness to sin and shame to repentance..." (St. John Chrysostom)

 

 

Speak only when it is more useful to speak than to be silent... (Saint John Chrysostom)

 

حينما يبكي الله حبا

 

إجذبني وراءك فنجري - البابا شنودة الثالث

 

To love Christ, is not to preach about Him. To love Christ, is not to write about Him. To love Christ, it is to be stripped from one's own will and to go where one doesn't wish...

 

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for My sake will find it... (Matthew 16:25)

 

Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven shall enter... (Matthew 7:21)

"If you love Me in the darkness, you will love Me in the light also... "

 

If you love Me, My word you will keep... (John 14:23)

 

المحبه تستر على اخطاء كثيره

 

رجل اوجاع

 

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life... (John 3:16)

 

Jesus died for you in public, do not follow Him in private...

 

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends... (John 15:13)

 

The ox knows its master, the donkey its owner’s manger, but Israel does not know, My people lack understanding... (Isaiah 1:3)

 

 

For I desire mercy and not sacrifice... (Hosea 6:6)

 

We give thanks to You-Our Almighty King, Father of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, and we glorify You for You have made the hours of suffering of Your Only Begotten Son a time of prayer and comfort. Accept our supplications and remove the seal of our sins as it was broken at this holy hour, through the crucifixion of Your Only Begotten Son, the Saviour of our souls, our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom You destroyed the power of evil. Lord grant us an unblemished life of peace and goodness to please Your Holy and Glorified Name. Allow us to stand in front of the fearful judgement seat of Your Only Begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Without falling into condemnation, so we may praise You with all Your saints. Eternal Father, we glorify You with Your consubstantial Son, and the Holy Spirit, giver of life, now and forever. Amen. (Prayer of Absolution of the 6th hour, Agpeya)

 

 

قامت مريم

 

In Your presence is fullness of joy... At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore... (Psalm 16:11)

 

To Him you listen...

 

 

"Love is the greatest of all treasures, without it there is nothing and with it there is everything.. It is Love alone that gives worth to all things..."