Like snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so honour is not fitting for a fool... (Proverbs 26:1)

 

"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut your door, and then pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly... " (Matthew 6:5-6)

 

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which appear beautiful on the outside, but on the inside they are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean... You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those who are trying to..." (Matthew 23:27; Matthew 23:13)

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever... (Hebrews 13:8)

 

"There are no bad days and good days, but there are days of prayer and days without prayer. Those without prayer are completely empty and void..." (Pope Cyril VI)

 

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

 

"There is no sin without forgiveness, except the one that is without repentance...” (St. Isaac the Syrian)

 

For I have decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him been crucified... (1 Corinthians 2:2)

 

"Success in life consists of standing without shame before God..." (Mar Charbel)

 

أعمالك عجيبة

Honour and majesty are before Him: strength and beauty are in His sanctuary... (Psalm 96:6)

 

"The person who commits adultery lacks understanding. He who who does so, destroys his own soul. Wounds and dishonour he will get; and his shame will not be wiped away..." (Proverbs 6:32-33)

 

عظة السماء - للبابا شنودة الثالث بخلفية موسيقية

غيرت اُغسطين الفاجر

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)

 

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)

 

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness...” (2 Corinthians 12:7-8)

 

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of My name.” (Acts 9:15-16)

 

"Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting Me?” Saul said, “Who are You, Lord?” “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. Now get up and go into the city, there you will be told what you must do..." (Acts 9:4-6)

 

In The Shadow Of Your Wings..

"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)

 

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

 

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)

 

تضيع الهدف

عذراء يا ام الاله

God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen...

"In this world you will have tribulation; but take heart for I have overcome the world..." (John 16:33)

 

الرب راعي فلا يعوزني شيء - مزمور ٢٣ من سفر المزامير

Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him... (1 John 2:15)

 

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence...

قصّة شربل - القديس شربل

قل له أنه لن يرى ملكوتي...

الرب راعي فلا يعوزني شيء

 

لقد تاخرت كثيرا في حبك ايها الجمال الفائق في القدم والدائم جديدا الي الابد كنت في داخلي فكيف ذهبت لابحث عنك خارجا فلم تشبع نفسي فلسفه سقراط او افلاطون او ارسطو ولم ترو روحي اناشيد اليونان وكهنه آمون انت كنت معي ولكن لفرط شقاوتي لم اكن انا معك - القديس اغسطينوس

 
"Too late have I loved You, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, too late I have loved You! You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for You. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which You created. You were with me, but I was not with You. Created things kept me from You; yet if they had not been in You they would have not been at all. You called, You shouted, and You broke through my deafness. You flashed, You shone, and You dispelled my blindness. You breathed Your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for You. I have tasted You, now I hunger and thirst for more. You touched me, and I burned for Your peace...”

― Saint Augustine of Hippo

Turn your eyes away from me, for they overwhelm me... (Song of Solomon 6:5)

 

الساكن فى ستر العلي مزمور 91 - أبونا داود لمعي

No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon... (Matthew 6:24)

 

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to enter through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God..." (Luke 18:24-25)

 

For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and yet loses his own soul? Or what can one give in exchange for his soul? (Matthew 16:26)

 

The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone... (Psalm 118:22)

 

The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him... (Psalm 25:14)

 

 

 

"Be my friend in this world as a foreigner, and leave behind you a memorable legacy, as we are nothing in this world but guests and there is no choice for the guest in the end but to leave..." (Pope Shenouda III)

 

كن يا صديقي في الدنيا كعابر سبيل واترك وراءك كل أثر جميل فما نحن في الدنيا إلا ضيوف وما على الضيف إلا الرحيل - البابا شنوده

 

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations... (Psalm 145:13)

 

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys... Like a lily among the thorns so is my darling among the maidens... Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest so is my beloved among the young men... (Song of Solomon 2:1-3)

 

For what shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord... As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered..." But I consider my life of no value to me... What is more, I consider everything as loss for the surpassing knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have endured the loss of all things and I count them as nothing but rubbish, that I may gain Christ... (Romans 8:35; Romans 8:38-39; Romans 8:36; Acts 20:24; Philippians 3:8)

 

For what shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord... As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered..." But I consider my life of no value to me... What is more, I consider everything as loss for the surpassing knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have endured the loss of all things and I count them as nothing but rubbish, that I may gain Christ... (Romans 8:35; Romans 8:38-39; Romans 8:36; Acts 20:24; Philippians 3:8)

"If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified..." (1 Peter 4:14)

 

 

"The word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing..." (1 Corinthians 1:18)

 

"The King's daughter is all glorious from within..." (Psalm 45:13)

 

"For Jesus Christ I am prepared to suffer still more..." (Fr. Maximilian Kolbe)

 

"The deadliest poison of our time is indifference..." (Fr. Maximilian Kolbe)

 

"When you come to appear before Me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of My courts? Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations— I cannot bear your worthless assemblies. Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals I hate with all My being. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them. When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide My eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood..." (Isaiah 1:12-15)

 

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)

 

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children, as a hen gathers her offspring, but you would not have it..." (Matthew 23:37)

 

Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls... (Matthew 11:28-29)

 

"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me shall not walk in darkness... I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me..." (John 8:12; John 14:6)

 

"Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for My sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold in this present time and eternal life in the age to come... " (Mark 10:29-30)

 

زهّر قداسة - القديس شربل

ترنيمة لقاء حب

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