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Wisdom

#26

Posted on 10/05/201810/06/2018 by stmarystmosesretreathouse

أصبر للأحزان، لأن بها يأخذ المجاهدون الأكاليل
القديس نيلس

Be patient in suffering, for those who struggle receive their crowns.

-St. Nylus

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stmarystmosesretreathouse

#25
#27
monks learning

98

ليس القوى من يَهزم
عدوه وإنما القوى
مَن يَربَحـــه قداسة البابا شنوده الثالث

The strong man is not he who defeats his enemy but he who gains him as a friend.

-H.H. Pope Shenouda III

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Sayings of the Desert Fathers
monks learning

#55

إذا حَسُنَ لك الزنى أقتله بالتواضــع وإلجــــــــــأ
بنفسك إلى اللـه فتستريح، وإذا حُوربت بجمال
الجسد فتذكر نتانته بعد الموت فإنك تستريـــــح
القوى القديس الأنبا موسي

If adultery is beautified in your eyes, kill it with humility, take refuge in God and you will be comforted. If you are tempted with the beauty of the body, remember its stench after death and you will be comforted.

-St. Moses the Strong

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