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Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United StatesAbba Give me a Word: The Comfort of the Saints: Struggle by HG Bishop GregoryHis Grace shares with us words from St. Ephraim the Syrian about struggle.
St Ephraim the Syrian said:
"We do well to admire the blessedness of the saints and desire to be crowned as they are, but we are unwilling to imitate their labors and combats. Do you think that they were drowned without labors and afflictions in the same manner as you desire to be? Will you hear what kind of rest the saints had in this life? Some of them were tortured, others had trials of cruel mockings and scourgings, yes, even more of bonds and imprisonment. They...
2020-08-2403 min
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United StatesSunday Homily: Acquiring a Forgiving Heart by HG Bishop GregorySunday Homily | 3rd Sunday of Mesore
Holy Gospel according to St. Mark 3:22-35
His Grace mentions 3 points:
1) Remember the danger of not forgiving
2) Ask for grace to forgive and love
3) Ascribe any evil to Satan, not on the person and focus on the good virtues of the person
2020-08-2215 minCoptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United StatesTeach Us To Pray by HG Bishop GregoryTeach Us to Pray by HG Bishop Gregory
1st Sunday of Paone | Holy Gospel according to St. Luke 11:1-13
Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church (Church Consecration)
Phoenix, AZ
In His Grace’s homily, he says we come to the church to pray. In today’s Holy Gospel reading, we read that the Apostles are with our Lord Jesus Christ asking Him to teach us how to pray. Yet sometimes we find excuses in our lives as to why we do not pray.
His Grace reminds us that any communication to the Lord is prayer. The way to start to pray is b...
2020-06-1614 minCoptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United StatesABBA Give me a WORD: Start with Giving Thanks by HG Bishop BasilHis Grace shares with us words from St. Isaac the Syrian,St. Basil the Great, and St. Mark the Ascetic about giving thanks.
St. Isaac the Syrian the great ascetic of the 7th century begins his 2nd ascetical homily saying, “The thanksgiving of the recipient incites the giver to give gifts greater than the first…Nor does any gift remain without addition, except that which is received without thanksgiving. The fool’s portion is small in his eyes.”
St. Isaac teaches us a simple and beautiful principle of the spiritual life: If I want the graces and gifts that I currentl...
2020-06-0504 minCoptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United StatesABBA Give me a WORD: On the Need for Consultation by HG Bishop GregoryHis Grace shares with us words from St. Dorotheos of Gaza and St. Macarius of Egypt about seeking guidance.
St. Dorotheos of Gaza said:
"In the Book of Proverbs it says, 'Those who have no guidance fall like leaves but there is safety in much counsel.'Take a good look at this saying, brothers. Look at what Scripture is teaching us. It assures us that we should not set ourselves up as guide posts, that we should not consider ourselves sagacious, that we should not believe we can direct ourselves.
We need assistance, we need guidance in addition to God's...
2020-05-2605 minCoptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United StatesABBA Give me a WORD: Power of Miracles by HG Bishop GregoryHis Grace shares with us words of St. Pachomius:
One day his disciples asked him, 'Is there anything we can do to have the power of making miracles?' He answered with a smile:
"If you desire to continue on the spiritual way to the Kingdom of Heaven, do not ask for this power because it brings pride to beginner monks; pray and seek for the divine power for making spiritual miracles. Should there be a man who resists God’s way and you bring him back to the real knowledge of God, then you have already raised the dead. If...
2020-05-2203 minCoptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United StatesABBA Give me a WORD: On the Conscience by HG Bishop GregoryHis Grace speaks to about our conscience and shares with us words from St Dorotheos of Gaza.
"When we begin to say, 'What is it if I say just these few words? What does it matter if I eat this morsel? What difference if I poke my nose in here or there? From this way of saying, 'What does this or that matter?' a man takes evil and bitter nourishment and begins presently to despise greater and more serious things and even to tread down his own conscience and so, at last destroying it, bit by bit, he falls...
2020-05-2003 minCoptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United StatesABBA Give me a WORD: Forgiveness - Overcoming the difficulty of Forgiving by HG Bishop GregoryHis Grace speaks with us about overcoming the difficulty of forgiving. He shares with some words from St. John Chrysostom.
St. John Chrysostom: “His heart smote him.,” the text says, remember, “for cutting off the corner of the cloak, and he said to his men, ‘The Lord forbid.’” What is the meaning of “The Lord forbid”? It means, May the Lord be merciful to me, and if I actually had the intention, may God not allow me to act on it nor permit me to proceed to sin. In other words, since he knew sound values of this are almost beyond human nat...
2020-05-1503 minCoptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United StatesABBA Give me a WORD: Forgiveness-As We Do Not Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us - Bishop GregoryHis Grace shares a story about Abba Sisoes:
"A brother, who was treated unjustly by some other one, came to
Abba Sisoes and told him:
“I was treated unjustly by a brother and I want to pay it back to him.”
His Grace shares a story about Abba Sisoes:
"A brother, who was treated unjustly by some other one, came to
Abba Sisoes and told him:
“I was treated unjustly by a brother and I want to pay it back to him.”
The elder was asking him to change his mind and was telling him:
“No, my child! Better leave the retrib...
2020-05-1305 minCoptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United StatesABBA Give me a WORD: Offering Ourselves as First-fruits of the Resurrection by HG Bishop BasilHis Grace shares with us St. Dorotheos of Gaza on the words of St. Gregory the Theologian
“It is the Day of Resurrection.
Let us offer ourselves as first-fruits.”
These words from a Paschal homily of St. Gregory the Theologian in the 4th century later became part of a Resurrection hymn that was sung in church in the 6th century.
After singing this hymn in the church on the Feast of Resurrection St. Dorotheos of Gaza meditates on the words of the hymn in his own Paschal homily saying:
“The sons of Israel kept the Pascha when they came out of Egy...
2020-05-0803 min
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United StatesConsolation of the Sick by Fr. Tadros Malaty - Audiobook by HG Bishop BasilHG Bishop Basil reads for us The Touch of Divine Love Consolation of the Sick written by Fr. Tadros Malaty.
You can download the book and read along: https://www.suscopts.org/pdf/books/consolationofthesickfrtadrosmalaty.pdf
2020-04-0424 min
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