when we sin we separate ourselves from God... thus we are sinning against the Holy Spirit, now lets take it a step farther... when we sin and dont repent, we are saying "God I accept this lifestyle of sin, I dont need you, I can suffice and take car…
(paona 23)
On this day, the holy and pure father Abba Noub the confessor, departed. This Saint was a devoted monk in one of the monasteries of Upper Egypt. That was during the time of Diocletian, who tortured the martyrs severely and shed their bloo…
did you finish working on your heart?! are you fully with God to seek your brother's salvation?
finish your work on Jerusalem before you approach Judea!
there are ways to keep a friendship with someone
you need three things
1. Talk (you need to talk to them almost daily)
2. Apologize if you wrong them, (when you wrong them, you can come back and say sorry)
3. be thankful (when he/she do something…
saint Ephraim is a saint accepted by the Coptic church... hence his work and writings are also accepted, if not liturgical then for spiritual gain!
we do have a daily Theotokia which is a daily glorification to Saint Mary, and that is said in the m…
what is the devil going to do with you?! why would he waste his time with you at night while you sleep and alone and the probability of you sinning is well under 10%... he's got bigger things to take care of!
its your imagination... and the more y…
blessed be our dear Heavenly Father and His saints!
I want to say that God appears to me quite a few times... actually last time I talked to Him was an hour or so ago! He talked to me on the phone!
sometimes we forget that our Lord told us that v…
http://stshenoudajc.org/index.php/2007052920/Church-Services/About-Coptic-Presentations.html
btw... AMAZING name... and can you please where i Can get this icon of saint Joseph.... I've been looking for it for a while!!! thank you!
I'm going to say something... and I know everyone is going to go against me... so please forgive me for my opinion!
we are suppose to abstain from sins during the fast... but the reason we fast from food is to learn to fast from sin!
I once was …
why not?!
but one... you need acceptable music... two... there is respectable dancing...
if you serve in sunday school and your children see you... are you going to be ashamed of your action?!
and remember you might not be lusting... yet it ca…
the church does not pray ONLY if one of her followers committed suicide!
not that I'm saying the pope didn't say that... but I never heard it, so forgive me... I'm just stating what I know!
cocaine IS a sin... but if someone dies while in addict…
6. why do bad things happen to good people...
what makes a good person a good person, if he or she are not put in bad situations and make it out?!
I come and say i'm a good person, yet when God allows a problem to happen in my life, I stand agains…
worry if you are wicked or not... salvation is not for you to decide... you have your rules you follow it... God is much wiser and more loving to these people than any of us will!!!
akhadna el baraka... neshkor Allah!
SMBam, thanks for the feedback. Do you use the 41 beads or the 64 beads?
I prefer the 100 or 50... I prefer more the 50 because because it fits around my wrist so i have it with me everywhere I go... also when it is really easy to keep count... but…
lets take it one by one! as you might have seen, I like to take things logically...
to start off, their buffing you up... right when you read this they're raising your pride so you would find it easy to be prideful and look lowly on the faith...
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what do you guys mean by "write an icon" ??
i can write a book about saint Mary, how she is the ever true queen... she is the mother of God... she is the second heaven... she was obedient, she was humble... she listened and didnt speak...
while o…
Icons are very expensive to make, thus it is also to sell!
I remember for the regular sized icons (24' by 12') prices can go up to 3-4000 dollars... it depends on who wrote it... and where is he/she are writing the icon!
for example if a person i…
wow very informative andrew...
well a little name pride... Paisius or Paisios is equivalent to Bishoy
which I take so much pride in holding such a name... sorry for the name pride! lol
now the main reason of why I'm replying...
I also found i…
focus on your college now... and you life before the thought of becoming a monk!
2)Should a person consider this life, to find God? I mean i'm almost positive 99% of all monks entered the monastery for their love of God, and to explore him more. …
if you may I'll speak my mind openly!
but i'm not clear is your whole family converts, and didn't want it... or do they not want it and didn't convert?!
for your daughter all you can do now is show her love... and lead her by example to the faith…