On Repeating Prayers when Thoughts Wander When your mind does wander during prayer, bring it back. When it wanders again, bring it back again. Each and every time that you read a prayer while your thoughts are wandering (and consequently you read it without attention and feeling,) then do not fail to read it again. […]
Category Archives: Wisdom
If God is slow to grant your request and do not receive what you asked for promptly, do not be grieved, for you are not wiser than God. -St. Issac the Syrian
من غلب الحنجرة فقد غلب أوجاع كثيرةالقديس مكسيموس He who overcomes the desire to speak, has over come many iniquities. -St. Maximus
جدد عهد رهبانيتك كل يوم Renew your monastic vows daily.
لا تتوان لئلا تندم أخيراً وتصبح رهبانيتك باطلةالقديس إكليمندس Do not be lazy or you will regret it in the end, and your monasticism will be in vain. -St. Clement
The more time you spend with God, the more you become like God. If you want to attain the purity of heart,spend time with God, for he who spends time with God will become like Him.
الذينَ إختبروا الضيقة فقط ولم يختبرواالمعونة الإلهية، فهم قوم لم يفتحواعيونهم جيداً لكى يبصروا اللـه . قداسة البابا شنوده الثالث Those who only experienced tribulation, and did not experience the Divine grace, are those who failed in opening their eyes to see God. -H.H. Pope Shenouda III
الحق إسم من أسمــاء اللــه، الذىيُحب الحـق، يُحــب اللــــهوالذى يَبعد عن الحق يَبعد عن اللـه قداسة البابا شنوده الثالث Truth is one of God’s names. He who loves truth, loves God and he who strays away from truth, strays away from God. -H.H. Pope Shenouda III
إن لم تستطـــع أن تحمــل عــنالنــاس متاعبهـــم فعلـــى الأقـللا تكـــن سببـــاً فـــى أتعابهــــمقداسة البابا شنوده الثالث If you are unable to carry people’s burden, do not be a cause for their troubles. -H.H. Pope Shenouda III
إحرص على نقاوة أفكارك ولا تقبل فكريأتى إليك، وإن وصل إليك فكر خاطئ،إحذر من التمادى فيه. قداسة البابا شنوده الثالث Keep watch over the purity of your thoughts. Do not accept any thought that comes to you, and if you come across an evil thought, watch from pursuing it. -H.H. Pope Shenouda III