“Some sayings
from
HH Pope
Shenouda III
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“In heaven, God will not ask is why
we sinned; He will ask us why we didn’t repent.”
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"A Church
without Youth is a Church without a future. Moreover, Youth without a Church is
Youth without a future."
Things to REMEMBER...
Remember your weakness, then you will be more cautious
and you will submit to the thoughts of pride and false glory which may attack
you.
Remember the loving kindness of the Lord bestowed on you
and you will always lead a life of thanksgiving. Faith will grow in your heart
as well as trust in God’s love and work. Your past experiences with God would
encourage you in the life of faith.
Remember
People’s love and their
past good experiences with you. Should you doubt their sincerity or find out
they have wronged you, Their old love will intercede and your anger will fade
away.
Remember death, so all wordily temptations will disappear
and you feel that, ” All is vanity and grasping for the wind.” (Eccl. 1:14.)
Remember that you are standing before God and He is
looking at you, then you cannot sin because you see Him.
Remember God’s promises and you will be comforted in all
your troubles. But if you forget them, say with David the Prophet, “Remember
the word to Your servant, Upon which You have caused me to hope. This is my
comfort in my affliction, For Your word has given me life.” (Ps 119:49-50)
Remember the Blood of Jesus which was shed for your sake
and you will definitely know the value of your life; it becomes dear in your
eyes, so you will not waste it with prodigal living, ” For you were bought at a
price;”. 1 Cor 6:20
Remember the vows you made to God at the Baptistery with
your parents undertook on your behalf to renounce the devil, all his evil
deeds, all his thoughts and wiles, all his forces and power.
Remember always that you are a stranger on the earth and
that you will return to your heavenly home. Then you will not put all your
hopes in this world and its comforts.
Remember That the narrow gate leads to the kingdom of
heaven. If you see the wide gate open before you, escape and keep away from it.
As all those who went into it perished.
Remember your eternity and work for it at all times.
Remember that you are a child of God and ought to have
His image. You walk as befits the Children of God, for they are apparent.
Remember that you are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Do
not grieve the Holy Spirit of God in you and always be a holy temple.
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Stance toward Israel:
“From
the Arabic national point we should not abandon our Palestinian brothers and
our Arabic brothers by normalising our relations with the Jews...From the
church point of view, Copts who go to Jerusalem betray their church in the case
of "Al-Sultan Monastery" that Israel refuses to give to the Copts.”
In
the light of the September 11 attacks, of suicide bombing:
“People
who support and found reasons to feel good over these incidents are doing more
than one wrong thing: first, ignoring the tragedy of killing an innocent group
of people. Second, not thinking about the reaction of showing they found
satisfaction in the incidents. Third, they are considered accomplices in the
crime. Fourth, they are committing a wrongful act not approved by religion.”
“There is no redemption from hell.”
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“Look at the choice of Moses the Prophet, and you will see a
marvelous thing. Moses was ' slow of speech, and of a slow tongue... not
eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant'
(Exodus 4:10). Yet, God chose this " slow of speech and of
tongue" to be the spokesman of God.”
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“All you need, dear brother, is to meet with Christ, and
speak to Him, to listen to Him and form a relationship with Him, and you will
find in Him all that you will ever need. With Christ you will lack nothing.
Give Him your heart, and then you will feel all the triviality of the world,
and you will be happy with God's love.”
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