(If My own mother forgets me,
My Lord's embrace is enough for me) x2
Precious in His eyes is the smallest baby
So how can He forget me?
Refrain:
(So how can He forget me?) x2
If the mother forgets her baby,
My Lord will never forget me
(Treasured in His eyes is every tear,
Persistent is He to erase my fears) x2
To my soul, His love is always near
So how can He forget me?
Refrain
(Of the smallest bird, the Lord takes care
For the Lillies, clothing He prepares) x2
Precious in His eyes is every single hair
So how can He forget me?
Refrain
(For me the thorns you accepted
Not a single pain, have you rejected) x2
Beloved Jesus has never neglected
How then can He forget me?

If The Mother Forgets (إن أنسى)

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(Chorus)
The story of the greatest love
I have seen in Golgotha
My beloved Jesus on the cross 
Suffering to save us all
His loving heart beating in pain
His body wounded and slain
In His eyes I read the story 
The story of the greatest love

(Verse 1)
Yesterday He walked among us
Lovingly spreading His grace
Healing our souls and bodies 
Promising eternal life
His love was unprecedented
As He loved all the sinners
That is because He is Jesus
Who loves without condition

(Verse 2)
While His love was invading the world 
Devilish people kept thinking
How to get rid of Lord Jesus
Whose love endangered their powers
So to terminate the story 
The story of precious love
So to write the last chapter 
They killed Him, the source of love

(Verse 3)
How great is the love of Jesus
How precious and wonderful
He gave us life everlasting
He forgave all our sins
Every bit of love we share
is coming from Jesus' love
All of the love in this world
Cannot equal Jesus' Love

The Story of the Greatest Love (قصة الحب العجيب)

Lyrics:

On a chilly morning one day
In the desert far away
One monk went to the garden
As usual to pray

He saw a strange glow
A grape vine hanging low
But this was not the season
For any grapes to grow

(The monk didn’t wait
Rushed to the monastery’s gate) x2
(And gave it to the Abbott
St Macarious the Great) x2

St. Macarious said who
Should I give this vine to?
Finally he walked to the cell  
Of the eldest monk he knew

He said take this my dear
You are the eldest here
And when you get the blessing
We’ll all be of good cheer

(The monk reluctantly
Took it but so quickly) x2
(Thought how can I enjoy it
When my brothers sleep hungry) x2

He gave it to the monk next door
And it went from door to door
It came back to the abbot
At the end of its tour

St Macaious the Great 
He rose up right away
Asking all the monks to gather 
And hear what he had to say

(He said I clearly see
Seeds of love growing here) x2
(And this grape vine 
Is my sure sign) x2

(Our Lord made us aware
We are light of the world) x2
(And when it’s shining bright
It can never ever hide) x2

Chords:
Em C D Bm
Em C D B7

Em Em
C D C B7

The Grape Vine - Erika and Erin (كان فى عنقود عنب)

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Beautiful cover photo by the talented iconographer George Makary (@ Copticicons): https://www.copticicon.com/
Original translation from the songbird @OliviaBassily (slightly modified*)

(Chorus)
In the shade of your protection
We take refuge O Mary
Don’t turn our prayer away
Whenever we call you

(Verse 1)
O the pride of the human race
The best of people are you
O you river of gifts
That flows into the world

(Verse 2)
O you gate of heaven 
Mother of our Redeemer
O you are our hope
And the sweetest name we call

(Verse 3)
Intercede for your people
Pray at all times
We are asking your Son
Pleading as children*

(Verse 4) – (*Personal addition from the 11th part of the Sunday Theotokia's ☺️)
You are brighter than the sun
And more sparkling
Than the cherubim
And the seraphim

In the Shade of your Protection (فى ظل حمايتك) - ft. André Ghobrial on Oud

I Call On The Lord - with Danny Yousef

Mi_voluntad cuán débil es..🌺🎻 My will is weak..🌸🌱 LE Arcaceres-Perú 🌹🌺

nightcrawler (work in progress demo)

Just like the Bird

Lyrics:

One day You passed by me
You saw chains on my hands
I saw with my own eyes
Tears for me in Your eyes

One day I passed by You
I saw my chains on Your hands
I’m free because of You
Then tears filled my eyes

(“How much, Lord, did You pay
To set me free?” I asked
“My son, it is a lot,
But not too much for you.”) x2

One day by me You’ll pass
About my freedom You’ll ask
Feeling my slavery
Although in You I’m free

My sins have bounded me
Loving the world around me
I seek my place in it
That I am Yours I forget

(Free yet I am Your slave
Yours for all of my days
Your slave and free I’ll live
To You myself I give.) x2

One Day You Passed By Me

Verse 1:
(God who is always with us, Will never abandon us
He’s our guide and our protection, His eye is on us) x2   
Refrain:
(Our Lord forgets us not, Our Lord loves us a lot
Our Lord leads our way, Every single day) x2 
Verse 2:
(Our world is filled with Him, Our hearts rejoice in Him
In troubles and tribulations, Our needs are filled by Him) x2 
Refrain:
(Our Lord forgets us not, Our Lord loves us a lot
Our Lord leads our way, Every single day) x2 
Verse 3:
(Let our hearts sing joyfully, Praising God unceasingly
I shall not fear the shadow of death, For You are here with me) x2 
Refrain:
(Our Lord forgets us not, Our Lord loves us a lot
Our Lord leads our way, Every single day) x2

God Who Is Always With Us

Lord at Rest - Peter Sedrak (Apocalypse Saturday)

Coptic Lighthouse Ministry is composed of a group of youth from St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church of Washington, D.C. that hopes to provide some light in a dark and stormy world through praising the True Light, our Lord Jesus Christ.  

“Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle.”
Psalms 43:3