i agree 100% with the last 2 posts.
if u can change yourself with amazing feats of physical endurance, it will lead to pride.
if not, it will lead to depression.
the solution is to take advice from your confession father and not fast unless it is …
i posted something in the other thread.
basically God is stronger than you and stronger than the evil one who wants to pull you down.
start moving up one step at a time, making the most of each prayer and each good deed to focus on your creator who …
i think what you should say, rather than 'i ruined my life' is 'i committed a much bigger sin than i thought i would and it seriously dented my pride and took away my hope'.
but (i think) you didn't do mass murder (like saint moses the strong) or p…
very good posts here.
please also keep taking the meds.
if your brain feels like it has slowed down, it is not a bad thing because now it is like a car doing 200mph on the freeway. it is going too fast.
when you slow down from 200mph to 70mph it fee…
the depths of God's love.
for more, see the new year's or Christmas sermons of pope tawadros.
if you can't find them, maybe someone can find the link.
i think there is one on this site somewhere (may have been me!)
oh, and also i love our pope and …
i don't know, but CTV (coptic tv) has 'children's' programs that are subtitled and are very good for adults, like discussion classes and classes for learning hymns and interviews which are subtitled in english.
it is really great!
if i had a satelli…
the more you love God, the more you love all the people in the world, and take care of all the creation.
when the Bible says 'do not love the world' (in 1 john), it is talking about the 'desires of the world', like lust, addiction, greed, desire for…
wow, sorry to hear that.
college is not always so awful, but sometimes we have harsh things in life that are hard to go through.
it is true to say that God takes care of us, though.
our job is to ask for help when we are struggling, and this way we …
wow, rita, u have a quote from father arseny!
i just read a book which was lots of quotes of his and his life story, a truly amazing (departed) priest monk in russia.
if u follow his advice, u will do well.
and yes, it's not good to run away.
finis…
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happy Christmas marysears and have a great new year.
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i agree with orthodoxy on this one.
i was born in uk of british parents (not that it shows!) and i much prefer the coptic way of keeping distance between men and women.
ok. i'm not so sure about sitting separately in liturgy, but the thing about wom…
it sounds like it would be better for them not to live together.
they don't have to get divorced to not live together; sometimes it is a step on the way to rebuilding the relationship.
maybe if your mum considers this possibility she will be able to…
i am not able to stay long on the computer today but will pray for you.
obviously our church does not accept people being violent to their husband or wife.
it is against our faith completely.
may God give you peace, both in your spiritual journey an…
lovely pics!
i have saved the first one to my newly repaired laptop (have not been on line for a while since damaging it!).
according to google translate, they were meeting on the occasion of the feast of the nativity this year (new calendar).
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i have heard it's a great course
:)
i am behind with my studies with the course i am doing, but i hope i can do one of these courses soon after i finish.
happy Christmas to all on the new calendar!
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may God be with them all.
i have met anba elia twice, he is a wonderful person, and i am sure the others are too.
may God have mercy and give us all peace and courage.