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God is all merciful. If he wished he could destroy all demonic powers in a moment, and all sinful men and women. But in his love he chooses to show the demonic powers the true working out of his divine plan. We cannot know the mind of God. The more …
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Dearest to Christ, Tony. I have prayed for you and will continue to pray for you. And I will set my alarm and try to pray at the time Fadi starts his exam, though I have also remembered him today and will do so again this evening. God bless you …
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We pray in the Agpeya asking that God will absolve, forgive and remit those offences which we have committed willingly, and those which we have committed unwillingly. Those which we have committed knowingly, and those which we have committed unknowi…
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I am not sure myself that the RC communion is the same as the Orthodox, and I am sure that the Protestant communion is not. Nevertheless I do not believe that God denies grace to any who call on his name with true devotion. I probably believe that t…
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I hope that in the first place we will all learn to experience our Orthodox Church as One Church. I am fortunate to be a member of the Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches in the UK, and part of the work of the council in the future will be to work…
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Dear John I will certainly pray for your son, Fadi. I have only been online intermittently as I am camping for a few days and can't be online as much as normal. I am presently typing in a dark tent. It is a privilege to pray for brother and sist…
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I have tried to take my own advice and have just stocked up with Decaf today. You can get a Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi. That sounds a good idea on lots of levels. I am sure from my own experience that we mess up our lives by feeding ourselves junk.…
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Why not switch over to decaf? It is quite possible to be addicted to coffee, and this does have effects on our mind and body. There are some interesting (and they don't appear crank or controversial) notesa about the effects of caffeine here.. h…
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That is great advice Godslamb. There is also a great deal of similarity between seeking to grow strong in our spirits and seeking to become fit, because we are not disembodied spirits, but spirits enfleshed. How we live affects our spirits, and tea…
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Dear Godslamb Because of history we tend to think in terms only of the people and Christian communities that we know. But the Coptic Orthodox Church is only one part of the Orthodox Church to which we belong. We have brothers and sisters in the Ar…
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One thing you could easily do is take the commentary by St John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St Matthew and read it along with your devotional reading of that Gospel. You can find a selection of his writings in English here and download a pdf... ht…
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Unfortunately I receive such emails every day. The first one was quite exciting! The worst aspect is that I receive many emails from people claiming to be dying Christians who wish to donate a large amount of money to a Christian ministry. These ar…
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Lordhavemercy, I had meant to reply to your question. Just as sin creates a wall and a barrier between a man and his wife, so we must seek to build bridges so that we can live a life of intimacy and spiritual growth. Instead of thinking of ours…
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If you have taken the Lord's name in vain then it is a sin. I find it hard to hear anyone use God's name loosely, or the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as an exclamation. Here in the UK is is very common to hear such a use of the name of …
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May the Lord have mercy on you Tony, and on all those engaged in studies and exams. Tony, do you have any time management strategies you are using? Do you create task lists with short achievable objectives? There are indeed issues that many of us h…
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Certainly the call is most important, more important than anything else, and there is no 'model' of a priest that everyone should copy. If the calling is true then a very academically ignorant priest who is spiritually wise is a gift from God, just …
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I agree completely. It must be a matter of a willing co-operation with the will of God in all things. If he calls me to be a servant then that is itself a great responsibility, but if he calls me to serve others without anyone knowing then that is …
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I am not sure that is true. You must not want to be a priest for yourself, but if you have no sense that God is calling you to the priesthood then you should probably not be a priest. There is a calling though. We would not say that the qualificat…
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I don't want to compete :) but I think that it is a good thing to honour our respective countries where they have done well, thanks to God. Actually I find the history of these things to provide many lessons. At one time Egypt was the greatest civ…
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I am the least worthy of all priests and hardly represent the best model. But I guess that there is a need for the potential candidate to have already shown signs of spiritual growth and maturity in their own lives. They should have some knowledge…
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I am interested to know the name of the inventor of the steam engine and the creator of the Industrial Revolution since both are celebrated here in the UK. The beginning of the Industrial Revolution is usually counted as the invention of the smeltin…
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The Fathers teach us that it is in the nature of all created beings (including angels) to be corruptible, and tending towards a state of dissolution. It is only the gift of union with the Holy Trinity which allows created beings to enter into a stat…
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May the Lord have mercy on you both. Father Peter
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Me too, and anything in English about other modern Coptic saints such as Abouna Youstos. Father Peter
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I hesitate to add much to this thread because I am only a very new priest. It seems to me that we may seek spiritual counsel in more than one place, and that there is a sense in which the one who gives us spiritual advice needs to be someone we are…
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You enjoy it because you have not fully appreciated the consequences of your habitual actions. Prayerfully you need to think of what your repeated sin is causing and will cause in your married life. i. You will not see any growth in Christ ii. The…
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May the Lord have mercy upon her and reward your kindness. Father Peter
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It is the standard patristic interpretation of Pentecost. Here is an excerpt from a homily by St Gregory Nazianzus. But as the old Confusion of tongues was laudable, when men who were of one language in wickedness and impiety, even as some now ven…