The Beauty of the Night By: Pope Shenouda III “I Sought Him, But I Did Not Find Him” Song of Solomon 3:1 By night on my bed I sought the one I love; I sought him, but I did not find him. Our spiritual life is not all about the pleasures that we experience in …
A NEW SONG Sing to the Lord a new song; his praise is in the assembly of the saints (Psalm 149:1). We are urged to sing a new song to the Lord, as new men who have learned a new song. A song is a thing of joy; more profoundly, it is a thing of …
THE CHURCH AND IT’S THREE SPRINGS Like a deer that longs for springs of water, so my soul longs for you, O God. Now just as those deer long for springs of water, so do our deer. Fleeing Egypt – that is, fleeing worldly things – they have killed Pharaoh and drowned all his army …
Feast of Nayrouz By: Fr Tadros Y. Malaty Our celebration of the feast of Nayrouz is an active form of witnessing to the Holy Trinity, the Lover of Mankind, who works in and for us. We experience the sweetness of the Father's love who awaits our coming, the grace of the Only Begotten Son who …
The Feast of Nayrouz By: His Holiness Pope Shenouda III The Feast of Nayrouz means the feast of commemorating the martyrs and we do not commemorate the martyrs once a year, but it is as if we commemorate them every day. If those among you read the Synaxarium you will find that every day it …
Our need for Christ The greatest experience which strongly drew my attention during my early Christian life is that whenever I felt my want of so many things in my dealings with the people, the Church or the monks, I got so distressed and agonised that my energy, ministry and influence upon others were consequently …
I want nothing from the world I want nothing from the world.., for the world has nothing to be desired. The desires of the world are only attractive to those who value them. I want nothing of the world, for the world is too poor to give me. If what I want was available in …
CHRIST THE NEW MOSES The Israelites witnessed marvels; you also will witness marvels, greater and more splendid than those which accompanied them on their departure from Egypt. BAPTISM & THE RED SEA You did not see Pharaoh drowned with his armies, but you have seen the devil with his weapons overcome by the waters of baptism. …
Why make requests of God if He already knows what we need? “Even if I grant your point and admit that answers to prayer are theoretically possible, I shall still think they are infinitely improbable.” I don't think it at all likely that God requires the ill - informed (and contradictory) advice of us humans …
SPIRITUAL INSIGHTS INTO THE MIDNIGHT PRAYER OF THE COPTIC CHURCH Father Matta El-Meskeen. The Church begins her daily service of worship at the hour of midnight in order to profess her belief in the second coming of Christ and in order to remember and also to be ready for His second coming. The Church has …
