Paths of RepentanceWould you like me to list also the paths of repentance? They are numerous and quite varied, and all lead to heaven. FIRST PATH OF REPENTANCEA first path of repentance is the condemnation of your own sins: Be the first to admit your sins and you will be justified. For this reason, too, …
The Ego and PrideBy: HH Pope Shenouda III Only a person who is wrongly concerned about himself, or who loves himself in a wrong way, falls in pride. He grows in his own eyes and likes to be great in the sight of the others, or even to be greater than the others. Examples of …
How to overcome your Ego By: Fr Matta Elmaskeen (Fr Matthew the poor) The First CounselNever rely on your own wisdom or might or on human strength in any of your works. Otherwise, your mind will become dim and your insight blurred, thus blocking the way for grace to enter you and show you the …
The Life of St Moses the StrongWe all look up to the saints, aspiring to their holiness and love for God, but subconsciously are often resigned that we will never be “a saint”. In our minds, the saints are just born perfect and aren’t really normal humans. In reality, the saints of our church come …
Abba Moses the Ethiopian, a Captain of Thieves There was a certain man whose name was Moses, was by race an Ethiopian, and his skin was black. He was the slave of a man in high authority. Because of his evil deeds and thefts his master drove him out of his house. It is said …
A Notification From GodBy John-Paul Botros Every discerning Christian knows that they are to live ‘In this world, but not of this world’. “For God created man for immortality, and made him an image of his own eternity.” – Wisdom of Solomon 2:23 So how do we keep an ‘eternal perspective’ in this age of …
By: Rodney Stark At the height of the second great epidemic, around 260, in his Easter letter, Dionysius Patriarch of Alexandria wrote a lengthy tribute to the heroic nursing efforts of local Christians, many of whom lost their lives while caring for others. Most of our brother Christians showed unbounded love and loyalty, never sparing …
We should understand, beloved, that the paschal mystery is at once old and new, transitory and eternal, corruptible and incorruptible, mortal and immortal. In terms of the Law it is old, in terms of the Word it is new. In its figure it is passing, in its grace it is eternal. It is corruptible in …
World Teens Day ReportThank you to everyone who attended our very first World Teens’ Day! This event would not have been possible without you. We had 1500 registrations from around the world and over 550 participants on the day, not to mention those who were watching on YouTube. We loved the way you engaged with …
“Lord, in their trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was upon them” Is 26:16 It is as though Gods chastisement causes distress from outside, yet it results to continue growth in glory. The cause of strength is not in the distress, but in the hidden hand of God, …
