God's love in your life - H.H. Pope Shenouda III

You O Lord are my portion and inheritance forever...

Faith is to believe in what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believed... (Saint Augustine)

Learn to be silent, so that God can speak on your behalf..

Gethsemane

The world is thy sheep and not thy home... (Therese of Lisieux)

As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows mercy upon us... (Psalm 123:2)

The Lord does not so much look at the greatness of our actions or even their difficulty as to the love which is put into them.. (Therese of Lisieux)

Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your Heavenly Father still feeds them. Are you of not much more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add a single cubit to his stature? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider carefully how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor nor do they spin. Yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear? For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your Heavenly Father already knows you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.. (Matthew 6:25-33)

The story of Mariam Baouardy

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So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. He is eager to relent and not punish. Return to Me He says with all your hearts and I will return to you..

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you. For my thoughts are much higher than your thoughts and My ways from your ways (Jeremiah 29:11; Isaiah 55:8-9)

The bitterness that God chooses for you is better than the honeycomb you choose for yourself..

The door that God opens no one can shut, but what He shuts; no one can open.. (Isaiah 22:22)

He who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will also cry himself and not be heard... (Proverbs 21:13)

A virtuous woman who can find? Her worth is far more than fine rubies... Honour her for all that her hands have done and let her works bring her praise at the city gate... (Proverbs 31: 10,31)

My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, nor detest His correction; for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights..(Proverbs 3:11-12)

But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power and from as such turn away.. (2 Timothy 3:1-5)

What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.. (Proverbs 10:24)

Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you, correct a wise man and he will thank you...

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy shall be multiplied... (Proverbs 27:6)

A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you... For the Lord is your protector, He is your strong fortress.. A nursing mother may forget her child, but I the Lord will never forget you.. (Psalm 91:7; Psalm 18:2; Isaiah 49:15)

There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. Again the owner sent other servants, more than the first and they did the same to them. Finally, he sent his son, thinking, ‘Surely they will respect my son!’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to eachother, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance!’ So indeed they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him...

From the rising of the sun to its setting, let the name of the LORD be praised..

Can a man take fire into his bosom and not be burned? Or can he walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? Do not be deceived therefore, bad company ruins good morals..

If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not believe even if one rises from the dead... (Luke 16:31)

For if we live we live to the Lord and if we die, we die to the Lord, so whether we live or die we are the Lord's... (Romans 14:8)

Whoever loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And whoever does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me...

"There is no sin without forgiveness except the one without repentance.."

Light has come into the world but men loved darkness more than the light, because their deeds were evil... (John 3:19)

There are many who live in the mountains and behave as if they were in the town and they are wasting their time. It is possible to be a solitary in one's mind while living in a crowd; and it is possible for those who are solitaries to live in the crowd of their own thoughts... (Amma Syncletica)

He who is wise will walk with wise men but the companion of fools shall suffer harm.. (proverbs 13:20)

كن مطمئناً جداً جداً ولا تفكر في الامر كثيراً بل دع الامر لمن بيده الامر

He who runs after honour, it will run away from him and he who runs away from it, it will chase after him... (St. Isaac the Syrian)

الصديق كالنخلة يزهو ، كالأرز في لبنان ينمو. مغروسين في بيت الرب ، في ديار إلهنا يزهرون. أيضا يثمرون في الشيبة يكونون دساما وخضرا ليخبروا بأن الرب مستقيم صخرتي هو ولا ظلم فيه

من يسعى وراء الكرامة تهرب منه، ومن يهرب منها تسعى خلفه - إسحق السرياني

Christmas wishes from Mar Mari Emmanuel (English Language)

FEAST OF NATIVITY GREETINGS - Aramic Language

تأمل الفرح في الضيقة - البابا شنودة الثالث

تأمل يجرح ويعصب - البابا شنودة الثالث

...ما يزرعه الانسان اياه يحصد..

غريباً عشت فى الدنيا نزيلاً مثل آبائى غريباً فى أساليبى وأفكارى وأهوائى غريباً لم أجد سمعاً أفرغ فيه آرائى يموج القوم فى مرج وفى صخب وضوضاء وأقبع ههنا وحدى بقلبى الوادع النائى غريباً لم أجد بيتاً ولا ركناً لإيوائى تركت مفاتن الدنيا ولم أحفل بناديها ورحت أجر ترحالى بعيداً عن ملاهيها خلى القلب لا أهفو لشىء من أمانيها نزيه السمع لا أصغى إلى ضوضاء أهليها أطوف ههنا وحدى سعيداً فى بواديها بقيثارى ومزمارى وألحان أغنيها وساعات مقدسة خلوت بخالقى فيها أسير كأننى شبح يموج لمقلة الرائى غريباً عشت فى الدنيا نزيلا مثل آبائى كسبت العمر لا جاه يشاغلنى ولا مال ولا بيت يعطلنى ولا صحب ولا آل هنا فى الدير آيات تعزينى وأمثال هنا الإنجيل مصباح ولا يخفيه مكيال هنا لا ترهب الرهبان قضبان وأغلال ولا تستعبد الوجدان أغراض وآمال ولا تلهو بنا الدنيا فإدبار وإقبال أقول لكل شيطان يريد الآن إغرائى حذارك إننى أحيا غريباً مثل آبائى

من يهرب من الضيقة يهرب من الله - الانبا بولا He who runs away from the narrow path, runs away from God... (St. Paul the Anchorite)

..but who are you O man to talk back to God? Should a vessel say to the potter "Why did you make me the way I am?" Does He not have the right to make from the same clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

.. therefore in sickness and in health, in life and in death, to you be the glory...

Bless the Lord O my soul and all that is within me bless His holy name... (Psalm 103:1)

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Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.. (Luke 12:33-34)

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll: I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart." I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know. I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly. O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and truth will always guard me. (Psalm 40:6-11)

He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD. Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.. (Psalm 40:3-4)

Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare with You—if I speak and declare them, they are far more than can ever be numbered.. (Psalm 40:5)

El Shaddai

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give unto you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.. (John 14:27)

My father and mother may forsake me but the Lord will take care of me... (Psalm 27:10)

If God is all you have, you have all you need...