..after Friday crucifixion, comes Sunday resurrection...

 

“Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled by many things. But only one thing is required and your sister Mary has chosen the better part..." (Luke 10:41-42)

 

قيامة السيد المسيح من بين الأموات †

ما يزرعه الانسان اياه يحصد

 

الذي يزرعه الإنسان إياه يحصد - أبونا داود لمعي

Blessed is the servant, whom his Master finds watching when He returns... (Luke 12:37)

 

"If you believe in nothing, you will become a nothing..." (Bishop Mari Emmanuel)

 

But God chose the foolish things to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of this world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly and despised things and the things that are not, to bring to nothing the things that are... (1 Corinthians 1:27-28)

For our war is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms... (Ephesians 6:12)

 

... and if they hate you, remember that they hated Me first... (John 15:18)

 

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations... (Psalm 100)

 

When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, LORD, I will seek...” I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, therefore I will not be moved... (Psalm 27:8; Psalm 16:8)

 

Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their way of life, imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever... (Hebrews 13:7-8)

 

 

"Do not reject the authority that God sends you, for they could be the last reason for you to see His face..."

 

Love covers a multitude of faults... (1 Peter 4:8)

".. he who is indifferent to the passion of Christ and His suffering, will be indifferent at any other time of the year..."

 

"God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or anyone else could love us, and even more than we are able to love ourselves..." + St. John Chrysostom

 

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Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path... (Psalm 119:105)

 

The Just Master rewards everyone fairly...

 

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If I speak to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how will you believe if I speak of heavenly things... (John 3:12)

 

| 04.03.22 Friday of The Departed (John 5:19-29)

Our hearts O Lord were made for You and they are restless until they rest in You... (Augustine of Hippo)

 

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Therefore he who hears these words of Mine and acts on them shall be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the winds blew, the floods came and slammed against that house, yet it did not fall for it had been founded upon the rock. But he who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, shall be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand. The rain fell, the floods came and the winds blew and slammed against that house... It fell and great was its fall... (Matthew 7:24-27)

 

For many will say to Me on that day, "Lord, Lord, did we no prophesy in Your name; in Your name we cast out demons and in Your name we performed many miracles?" But then I will declare to them, "I never knew you, depart from Me you who practice lawlessness"... (Matthew 7:22-23)

 

Though you grind a fool with a mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him... (Proverbs 27:22)

 

إِنْ لَمْ يَبْنِ الرَّبُّ الْبَيْتَ، فَبَاطِلًا يَتْعَبُ الْبَنَّاؤُونَ. إِنْ لَمْ يَحْفَظِ الرَّبُّ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَبَاطِلًا يَسْهَرُ الْحَارِسُ

 

سلاما أترك لكم سلامي أعطيكم ليس كما يعطي العالم أعطيكم أنا لا تضطرب قلوبكم ولا ترهب

 

"The nation and the leader that proclaim war in the name of Jesus, must fall; for He was never the author of any wars..."

 

What is more, I count everything as loss for the surpassing knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have endured the loss of all things and count them as nothing but rubbish that I may gain Christ... (Philippians 3:8)

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

 

The Kingdom of God is not designed for cowards, but for heroes...

 

Greater love has no man than this, that he should lay down his life for his friends... (John 15:13)

 

"The fasting of the mouth from food is good. The fasting of the tongue from gossip is better. The abstinence of the heart from wicked thoughts is better than both fasts..."

 

John 3:16 - 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...

"...sometimes giving your best, which may cost you your life, is never good enough for someone else..."

 

"Do not dwell on the door that is not opening, maybe it is for your ultimate good..." The door that God opens, no one can shut but what He shuts, no one can open (Revelation 3:7)...

 

For if they do these things while the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry ? ... (Luke 23:31)

 

 

Psalm 33 - Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy. For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. He gathers the waters of the sea into jars[a]; he puts the deep into storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the people of the world revere him. For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance. From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind; from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth— he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do. No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength. A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save. But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you...

.. you will know them by their fruits.. (Matthew 7:16)

 

"What good to Me is the multitude of your sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fattened cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. When you come to appear before Me, who has asked this of you— this parading in My courts? Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations— I cannot bear your worthless assemblies. I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them. When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are covered with blood. Wash yourselves and be clean. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop your wrongdoings..." (Isaiah 1:11-16)

 If you love Me, you will obey My commandments... Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever... For many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name we cast out demons and in your name we performed many miracles?’ But then I will declare to them, "I never knew you, depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness..." (John 14:15; Hebrews 13:8; Matthew 7:21-23)

Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments... (Psalm 119:137)

 

"Remember those O Lord, who have no one to remember them..." (Prayer of Absolution, Book of Agpeya)

 

Where Christ is, it is heaven in there...

 

"When you stop fasting, they keep going... "

 

"Happy people do not have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have... Contentment is a treasure that never fades..."

 

ترنيمة ليل العشاء السري

Remember your God in your tender years, lest He forget you in your senile ones...

 

And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is better to enter life with one eye than to have two and be cast into hell fire... (Matthew 18:9)

 

You have heard in the past that whoever wishes to divorce his wife, let him give her a divorce certificate. But I say to you, whoever divorces his wife for a reason other than marital unfaithfulness, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries she who is divorced also commits adultery... (Matthew 5:31-32)