اَلنَّفْسُ الشَّبْعَانَةُ تَدُوسُ الْعَسَلَ، وَلِلنَّفْسِ الْجَائِعَةِ كُلُّ مُرّ حُلْوٌ --- A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet... (Proverbs 27:7)

 

...طوبا للرجل المتوكل عليه

 

...النصيب الصالح

 

Many women have done well but you surpass them all... The King shall greatly desire your beauty... (Proverbs 31:29; Psalm 45:11)

 

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits... (Matthew 7:15-16)

 

Do not fear those who kill the body but afterwards can do no more. But fear Him who has authority to destroy both soul and body in never quenching fire... (Matthew 10:28)

 

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He goes. It would be better for him if he had not been born... (Matthew 26:24)

 

It is the end result that matters...

 

Do not give what is holy to the dogs and do not throw your pearls before swine... (Matthew 7:6)

 

توجد طرق تبدو مستقيمة للانسان، ولكن عاقبتها طرق الموت ---- There is a way which seems straight to a man, but its end is the way of death... (Proverbs 16:25)

 

 

 

لي الحياة هي المسيح و الموت هو ربح ----- For me to live is Christ and to die is gain

 

For what shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?" As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long ..." (Romans 8:35-36)

 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths... (Proverbs 3:5-6)

 

If we remember our sins, God will forget them and if we forget them, God will remember them... There is no sin without forgiveness, except the one without repentance...

 

 

A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you... Only with your eyes you will see the reward of the wicked.. (Psalm 91:7-8)

 

Every kingdom divided against itself will come to ruin and every house divided against itself will not stand... (Luke 11:17)

 

..though they pick up snakes with their hands and if they drink deadly poison, it will not harm them... (Mark 16:18)

 

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever... (Psalm 23)

 

“God ardently desires to see man ascend from strength to strength, from glory to glory, and cannot bear to see in him anything inferior to Himself. He bestows upon us all that is His: All that I have is yours He says.' Such is His will for us, and if we obey it, we will never be satisfied with ourselves, but always long to draw nearer to Him in hunger and thirst for the righteousness of God. Whosoever prepares his heart for this dynamic increase in Christ will continuously see greater things in accordance with the Lord's promise."

 

Divine Liturgy - ENGLISH - 15/08/2021

In the eyes of many men; you did not deserve the dignity of the papacy having received the lowest number of votes. But in the eyes of God, you were the chosen one, the beloved of generations past and to come. In the eyes of many men, you were considered ignorant at best, and at worst, a sorcerer and charlatan. But in the eyes of God, you were the living Gospel and the ambassador of His power and strength among a weak generation. In the eyes of many men, you wasted your time in repetitive praises, empty liturgical rites, and desert escapism. But in the eyes of God, you knew how to secretly and quietly procure divine grace from all its hidden sources. In the eyes of many men, you lacked the human capacity for planning, organising, and managing the Church's affairs. But in the eyes of God, by your limitless humility, you provoked Him to act on your behalf, accomplishing what was impossible by mere human effort. In the eyes of many men, you relied on superstitious invocations of saints and angels as a deflection of your own insufficiency. But in the eyes of God, you were the beloved of those in Heaven, and they eagerly supported and defended their friend. In the eyes of many men, you mumbled repetitious prayers from ancient texts and anointed with oil the sick who were desperate for more modern solutions. But in the eyes of God, your prayers called down fire from heaven, healing the body and the soul, changing hearts, and inflaming a hopeless generation with zeal and love for God and His Church. In the eyes of many men, you died like all men die, confirming the vanity and futility of earthly life. But in the eyes of God, your death was the moment of a new, truer, and more potent life, an eternal partnership with Him Who makes all things new. Amen... (Tribute to St. Pope Kyrillos VI).

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits. He forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, he redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with loving kindness and compassion, who satisfies your years with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle... (Psalm 103:1-5)

 

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper... (Psalm 1:1-3)

 

Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it... (Proverbs 22:6)

 

سَلاَمًا أَتْرُكُ لَكُمْ. سَلاَمِي أُعْطِيكُمْ. لَيْسَ كَمَا يُعْطِي الْعَالَمُ أُعْطِيكُمْ أَنَا. لاَ تَضْطَرِبْ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَلاَ تَرْهَبْ

 

كُنْتُ فَتىً وَقَدْ شِخْتُ، وَلَمْ أَرَ صِدِّيقًا تُخُلِّيَ عَنْهُ، وَلاَ ذُرِّيَّةً لَهُ تَلْتَمِسُ خُبْزًا -- I was once young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken nor their children in need (Psalm 37:25)

 

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

 

THE 21ST CENTURY CHURCH - It was said that Christ came in disguise as a poor man and went preaching to a particular Catholic church. After listening to him, they rejected his teachings and said to him, "We don’t need you, we have the saints to teach us". So, they threw him out and closed the door of the church. Then Saint Paul went in disguise to an Orthodox church and he too began preaching about the need to repent and warned them about Christ’s second return. Not heeding his word, they too threw him out and said, “We don’t need you, we have Christ to save us!” Then both Christ and Saint Paul dressed as two beggars and went to a particular protestant church. After spending hours preaching and trying to convince them of the truth, they too said “We don’t need your preaching, we have the bible to teach us”. So indeed they threw both out and closed the door of the church...

 

The Cost Of Rebellion...

For unless you repent, you will all likewise perish... (Luke 13:3)

 

 

الرب راعي فلا يعوزني شيء

 

طوبى لانقياء القلب لانهم يعاينون الله

 

A righteous man may fall seven times a day and yet he rises, but when the wicked falls, a disaster shall await him... (Proverbs 24:16)

 

 

What is impossible with man is possible with God... (Luke 18:27)

 

God is light, and in Him there is no darkness... (1 John 1:5)

 

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose...(Romans 8:28)

 

The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good, your whole body will be filled with light. But if your eye is evil, then your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is within you is darkness, then how great is that darkness! (Matthew 6:22-23)

 

See that I have placed life and death before you; a blessing and a curse ... choose therefore which it will be..

 

The Great I Am |

 

“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. But the gate is small and the path is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it..."