THE LORD'S HUMILITY

The baptism of John was the baptism of repentance. The Lord Christ was not in need of repentance. Why then was He baptized? 
He was baptized instead of the human kind in entering the baptism of repentance.... 


Likewise He fasted instead of us, while He was not in need of fasting, just as He was dead instead of us, while He was not deserving death...... 


All this was in order to offer to the Father a perfect image of the human kind, and to pay the price of our sins. Likewise He presented Himself to baptism, in order "to fulfill all righteousness" (Matt. 4:15), so that nobody convicts Him of sin .... in order to be submissive to the Law, before everybody, although He is above the Law.....

H.H Pope Shenouda III

Wishing you all a very blessed Epiphany 

The baptism of John was the baptism of repentance. The Lord Christ was not in need of repentance. Why then was He...
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Virgin Mary The Cause of Salvation

Just as Eve, while wife of Adam, was still a virgin and became by her disobedience the cause of death of herself and of the whole human race; so Mary too, espoused yet a virgin, became by her obedience the cause of salvation of both herself and the whole human race.

St. Irenaeus

Virgin Mary The Cause of Salvation Just as Eve, while wife of Adam, was still a virgin and became by her disobedience...
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The Greatest of Miracles

The man who is conscious of his sins is greater than he who profits the whole world by the sight of his countenance. The man who sighs over his soul for but one hour is greater than he who raises the dead by his prayer while dwelling amid many men. The man who is deemed worthy to see himself is greater than he who is deemed worthy to see the angels, for the latter has communion through his bodily eyes, but the former through the eyes of his soul. The man who follows Christ in secret mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregations of men. 

St. Isaac the Syrian

The Greatest of Miracles The man who is conscious of his sins is greater than he who profits the whole world by the...
Posted by ‎Australian Copts أقباط استراليا‎ on Monday, July 27, 2015

Huimility

Extirpate two thoughts within thyself: do not consider thyself worthy of anything great, and do not think that any other man is much lower than thou in worthiness.

Learn humble mindedness beforehand, which the Lord commanded in word and showed forth in deed. Hence, do not expect obedience from others, but be ready for obedience thyself

St. Basil The Great 

 

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Prayer by St. Ephraim The Syrian

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THE FEAST OF EPIPHANY

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Whom have we, Lord, like You?

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