Pure Intention

God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention 

with which our actions are performed than 

on the actions themselves.

St. Augustine

Pure Intention God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than...
Posted by Australian Copts on Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Gain Friend

This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don’t accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.

St. Augustine

This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don’t accept,...
Posted by Fathers Sayings on Thursday, September 3, 2015

Silence is Prerequisite

In solitude, if the soul is watchful,
God allows himself to be seen.
In a crowd there is commotion.
Silence is a prerequisite in order to see God.

Do not go outside yourself, but turn back within;
truth dwells in the inner person;
and if you find your nature given to frequent change, go beyond yourself.
Move on, then, to that source where the light of reason receives its light.

St. Augustine

In solitude, if the soul is watchful,God allows himself to be seen.In a crowd there is commotion.Silence is a...
Posted by Australian Copts on Sunday, August 30, 2015

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...
Posted by Australian Copts on Saturday, August 8, 2015

Benefit of The Wicked

Even in wicked people whom 

God sends your way,
there is goodness and benefit; 

for they may give you 

a particular virtue

HH Pope Shenouda III

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