Church Fathers V3 - Fr George Grube - Saint Mina Coptic Orthodox ...

is mighty and, know that everything is possible with Him. As for your own affairs,
believe with faith in Him about them too, for He is able to work miracles in you
also.
- Abba Euprepios
+ In truth, it is a greater miracle to root out from one’s own flesh the
incentives to sin than to cast out unclean spirits from the bodies of others.
- St. John Cassian
+ If you are prone to righteousness, impute it wholly to God’s mercy. But if you
are prone to sin, ascribe it totally to your own iniquity.
- St. Augustine
+ In the family of the just man who lives by faith...even those who rule serve
those whom they seem to command; for they do not rule from a base love of
power, but from a sense of the duty they owe to others...not because they are
proud of authority, but because they love mercy.
- St. Augustine
+ Go and have mercy on all, for through your pity, one finds freedom of speech
before God.
- Abba Palumbo
+ Abba Macarius was asked, “How should one pray?” the old man replied,
“There is no need at all to make long discourses, it is enough to stretch out
one’s hands and say, ‘Lord, as you will, and as you know, have mercy.’ And if
the conflict grows fiercer say, ‘Lord, help!’ God knows very well what we need
and in return, He shows His mercy.”
- Abba Macarius
+ We know that God’s mercy is given freely, without any expectation in return,
to those to whom it is given at all.
- St. Augustine
+ Divine mercy is such that it aids anyone who is willing.
- Sf. Hilary of Poitiers
+ One hope, one trust, one firm promise, is Your mercy O Lord.
- St. Augustine
+ Since we sin many times each day, we need much of God’s love each day.
Therefore, we need to show much mercy. Much and little aren’t measured by
the quantity of things given, but by the giver’s means.
- St. John Chrysostom
+ Let us be inclined to show mercy and all other blessings will follow. For those
who have a spirit of love and mercy will give money away if they have it. If they
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