“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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‹‹ የጌታችንና የመድኃኒታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ለአንተ ይሁን፡፡ ለላክልኝ የእንኳን ደስ ያለህ መልእክትህ ድንቅ ቃላት አመሰግንሃለሁ፡፡ የአንተን ጓደኝነትና ፍቅርም ፈጽሞ አልረሳም፡፡ ሆኖም እንደ እዉነታዉ ከሆነ ለዚህ ክስተት የሚገባዉ የእንኳን ደስ ያለህ መልእክት ሳይሆን የማጽናኛ መልእክት ነበረ፡፡ በምድረ በዳ በሚገኝ ጸጥታ ዉስጥ ከመኖር ከፍተኛ ሁከት ወዳለበት ከተማ የሚገባ መነኩሴን እንኳን ደስ ያለህ እንዴት ትለዋለህ? ማርያም (እኅተ አልአዛር)በጌታ እግር ሥር ቁጭ ብላ መማሯን ትታ ማርታን ለማገዝ ወደ ማድ ቤት ብትገባ እንኳን ደስ አለሽ የሚላት ማን ነዉ? ለእኔ በእርግጠኝነት የሄ የሚያሳፍር ነዉ፡፡ ኤጲስ ቆጶስነት የተሾምኩባትን ያችን የዕንባና የሐዘን ዕለት አልረሳትም፡፡በርግጥም የተባሕትዎና የተመስጦ ጸጋ ሊለካ የማይችል ነዉና፡፡ ከኤጲስቆጶስነትና ከጳጳስነት ጋርም ላይነጻጸር ይችላል፡፡ ዉድ ጓደኛየ፤ እዉነተኛ መቀባትስ (መሾምስ) በመጨረሻዋ ዕለት ስለ ክህነታችን ደረጃ ሳይሆን ስለልባችን ንጽሕና ለሚጠይቀን ጌታ እዉነተኛ መቅደስ ለማድረግ የሚደረግ የልብ መቀባት(መባረክ)መዘጋጀት ነዉ፡፡ ይህን ደብዳቤ የምጽፍልህ በንጥራን በረሃ ዉስጥ በሚገኘዉ የባሕር አል ፋረግ ገዳም እስከ አስተርእዮ ድረስ ቆይቼ ወደ ካይሮ እመለሳለሁ ብየ ተስፋ በማደርግባትና በምወዳት ዋሻየ ዉስጥ ሆኜ ነዉ፡፡ … ››
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"I want nothing from the world.., for the world has
ReplyDeletenothing to be desired.. but only temptations for the beginners..
I want nothing of the world, for the world is too poor to
give me.. If what I want is available in the world, the world
would be a heaven.. But it is still an, earth as I see.. there is
nothing in it except material things.. in fact I search for heavenly
matters, for the Spirit, for God..
I want nothing of the world, for I am not of the world.. I
am not dust as they think, I am a divine breath.. I was with God
from eternity, and God placed me on the earth.. But I shall
leave it after a while and return to God.. So I want nothing of
this earth.. 'I came forth from the Father, and have come into
the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father"
(John. 16:28).
I want nothing of the world, all that I want is to get rid
of it, to be released from it, from the flesh and from the earth! I
want to return to God-as before-to be again a holy breath not
defiled by any worldly thing..
I want nothing of the world because I seek eternal
immortal things and the world has nothing that is immortal..
All that is in the world is passing away, even the world itself
will perish and come to nothing..I do not seek perishable
things..
I want nothing of the world .There is He whom I ask to
give me.. He who is rich and powerful, in whom I have found
satisfaction and nothing is lacked .. He gives me before I ask
Him, He gives me what is good and of benefit to me.. Since I
have put myself in His hands I need nothing of the world.
I want nothing of the world, for the world does not give
me benefit but with purpose to subjugate me.. Those who
received what the world gave them became slaves to the world..
It gave them the pleasures of the body and took from them the
purity of the spirit.. The world gave them the worldly enjoyment
and took from them the blessing of the heavenly Kingdom..
Satan gave them all the kingdoms of the world and their glory
to make them fall down and worship him.. He always gives all
that he has to make people lose their souls.. As for me, “I have
suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I
may gain Christ" (Phil. 3:8).
This world takes more than what it gives.. It subjects those
who desire it... So I want nothing of it..
I want nothing of the world, for I am superior to it.. I am
a son of God - in the image of God and after His likeness.. I am
a temple for the Holy Spirit and a place of dwelling for God.. I
am the only creature who partakes of His holy flesh and blood..
I am superior to the world and the world is asking me to give
it.. for I have the keys of the heavens and earth.. I, whom God,
in His loving-kindness and humbleness, willed to make me the
light of the world and the salt of the earth (Matt. 5:13,14).
I want nothing of the world, because I want to live as my
fathers did; those whom the earth was not deserving to trod on
.. They lived so, received nothing of the world. On the other
hand they were a blessing to the world.. For the sake of their
prayers God sent water on the earth.. and for their sakes God
preserved the world till today..
I want nothing of the world, because sin entered it and
corrupted it.. In the beginning God saw everything and behold
it was very good, as sin had not yet entered the world. Even
the great sea creatures were blessed by God to be fruitful and to
multiply.. But now, the marvellous picture which God has
drawn is scarred. Therefore I reject the world which loves the
darkness more than the light and I no longer desire anything of
it.
I want nothing of the world, because I want You alone; You
who loved me till the end and gave Yourself up for me; You
who formed me out of nothing and was not in need of my
service but it is rather I who was in need of your sovereignty..
Therefore I want to be released from the world and be united to
You, who gave me the gift of knowing You ."
During the funeral of our beloved father, His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, one of the bishops read the following last words of His Holiness to all his children. These are words of comfort and encouragement to all of us.
ReplyDeleteI am your father and teacher. All of you my children, listen to my commandments.
▪ I ask you my beloved children; preserve and look after the faith of the Holy Trinity.
▪ I ask you my beloved children; love one another with a true love.
▪ I ask you my beloved children, do good with all humanity.
▪ I ask you my beloved children; do not let the world deceive you.
▪ I ask you my beloved children; do not fall short or “be not eager” in the service of the Lord.
▪ I pray for you my beloved children; pray without ceasing fervently.
▪ I pray for you my beloved children; preserve your tongues from causing any division.
▪ I pray for you my beloved children; preserve the Holy Baptism that was granted to you.
▪ I pray for you my beloved children; preserve your body pure for the Lord.
▪ I pray for you my beloved children; do not ever let your lamp weaken without light.
▪ I pray for you my beloved children; preserve the commandments that God gave to you.
▪ I pray for you my beloved children, that the fear of God be within you.
God is witness, my beloved children, that I did not keep any of God’s words away from you…that I never ever rested my children, and be blamed by any one of you.
If you preserve and keep what I have said to you, you will crush the head of the serpent. If you preserve and keep what I have said to you, you will eat of the goodness of the earth. If you preserve and keep what I have said to you, the shining Cherubim will guard you. If you preserve and keep what I have said to you, you will never lack of the Heavenly gifts.
I ask of you my beloved children, to ask of Christ for my soul, that it may have comfort before him, and do not count my shortfalls, unknowingly and unwillingly.
To the clergy, bishops and priests:
I ask for your love and I plead to your reverence, to absolve me, each and everyone of you. And now, I am far from you and have left you, and I cannot see your faces. And now I ask you all that you exhaust yourselves in prayers for me and remembrance in the Holy Liturgies, that my Master may accept me to Him, and forgive me.
And I ask Christ, the Great Shepherd of Shepherds, that he may raise for you a righteous shepherd according to His Will and His Heart, that he may shepherd you and your matters and watch for the salvation of your souls.
Pope Shenouda III
March 21, 2012 By Fr. Moses Samaan - ST Demiana Coptic Orthodox Church, San Diego