The focus on the main parables in the gospels, is not on the person who is lost, but the focus is on the Father. Christ is making it clear to us, that He does not care what state He finds us in, He only seeks to find us, and that we accept to be found.

The Co-Suffering Father (Fr Daniel Fanous)

14-15 Sunday Theotokia - st george & st shenouda (JC)

Glorious Feast of the Resurrection ~ May 2, 2021
Holy Gospel according to St. John 20:1-18

His Grace begins with a saying from St. John Chrysostom about Christ is Risen. Then His Grace shares with us five situations/characters that truly experienced the joy of the Resurrection.

St. Paul Coptic Orthodox Church
Houston, TX

Feasts

Feast of the Resurrection Homily: Experiencing the Joy of the Resurrection by HG Bishop Gregory

Great Pi Ehmot Ghar

"Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:22-23)

This album was produced by St. Gregory American Coptic Orthodox Church in Orange County, CA with original instrumental accompaniment. May God bless all who labored in this service.

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12. Lent Doxology

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The Hymn of the Seven Tunes chanted in English at St. Verena American Coptic Orthodox Church during Matins of the Glorious Feast of Nativity 2019.

Seven Tunes (English) Live

Marenwonh - Br. Antonios Shenoudian, Mlm. Daniel Girgis, Anthony Doss. Rochester, NY. 7.14.17

If we truly knew how Christ looks at us, would it change the way we lived our lives? Listen to this sermon as Fr Daniel reveals the sweetness of the Lord as he discusses what the Lord's feelings towards us are, as those who are broken, weak and sinful.

What is the Lord's Feeling to Me?

His Grace shares with us a prayer by St. Ephrem the Syrian, titled:
'How many times have I promised, yet every time I failed to keep my word. But disregard this according to Thy grace'.

"Grant forgiveness, O Lord; send also strength. Convert me, that I might live in sanctity, according to Thy holy will. Sanctify my heart that has become a den and dwelling-place of demons.

I am unworthy to ask forgiveness for myself, O Lord, for many times have I promised to repent and proved myself a liar by not fulfilling my promise. Thou hast picked me up many times already, but every time I freely chose to fall again.

Therefore I condemn myself and admit that I deserve all manner of punishment and torture. How many times hast Thou enlightened my darkened mind; yet every time I return again to base thoughts! My whole body trembles when I contemplate this; yet every time sinful sensuality reconquers me.

How shall I recount all the gifts of Thy grace, O Lord, that I the pitiful one have received? Yet I have reduced them all to nothing by my apathy—and I continue in this manner. Thou hast bestowed upon me thousands of gifts, yet miserable me, I offer in return things repulsive to Thee.

Yet Thou, O Lord, inasmuch as Thou containest a sea of long-suffering and an abyss of kindness, do not allow me to be felled as a fruitless fig tree; and do not let me be burned without having ripened on the field of life. Snatch me not away unprepared; seize not me who have not yet lit my lamp; take not away me who have no wedding garment; but, because Thou art good and a lover of mankind, have mercy on me. Give me time to repent, and place not my soul stripped naked before Thy terrible and unwavering throne as a pitiful spectacle of infamy.

If a righteous man can barely be saved, then where will I end up, I who am lawless and sinful? If the path that leads to life is strait and narrow, then how can I be vouchsafed such good things, I who live a life of luxury, indulging in my own pleasures and dissipation? But Thou, O Lord, my Savior, Son of the true God, as Thou knowest and desirest, by Thy grace alone, freely turn me away from the sin that abides in me and save me from ruin."

Ephrem the Syrian, A Spiritual Psalter or Reflections on God, trans. Isaac E. Lambertsen and Antonina Janda (Liberty, TN: The St. John of Kronstadt Press, 2004), 191–192.

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