Sunday, October 4, 2026

For whom the Lord loves He corrects, just as a father the son in whom he delights... (Proverbs 3:12)


 

لا تخف - للبابا شنوده


 

"Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold..." (Matthew 13:8)


 

“Do not fight to expel the darkness from the chamber of your soul. Instead open a tiny aperture for light to enter and the darkness will disappear...” (St Porphyrios)

 


Blessed are you when they revile you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you... (Matthew 5:11-13)



"Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest... " (Matthew 8:20)

 


“Come after Me, and I shall make you a fisher of men...” (Matthew 4:19)


 

For whom the Lord loves He corrects, just as a father the son in whom he delights... (Proverbs 3:12)


 

But if the salt loses its taste, how can it be made salty again? It will then be good for nothing except to be thrown out and be trampled underfoot by men... (Matthew 5:13)



Delight yourself in The Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart... (Psalm 37:4)

 


Enduring honour is harder than enduring insult.. (St Anthony the Great) - احتمال الكرامة أصعب من احتمال الإهانة - القديس الأنبا أنطونيوس الكبير

 


"From the desire of being known and esteemed, deliver me Jesus..."


 

..and who knows if the one after me will be a wise man or a foolish one? ... This also is vanity and a chasing after the wind... (Ecclesiastes 2:19)


 

قصيدة يا إلهي أعمق الحب هواك - للبابا شنوده الثالث