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HG Bishop Youssef - Sermons

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of Cri Be lexYpoc +
As one whom his
mother comforts, so I
will comfort you; you
shall be comforted in
Jerusalem.
Isaiah 66:13 ESV
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Maran Atha

Coptic Orthodox Hymns(Taraneem)♥️✝️

Orthodox Sermons II

Fr. Mina Ibrahim Ayad Gerges - Wahdena Ela Malakotak | و اهدنا الي ملكوتك

Theotokia Medley

Servants Meeting @ St Mary Coptic Orthodox Church - Atlanta, GA ~ February 20, 2022

How To Not Lose Heart

تأمل يسوع بيحبك   ابونا اغسطينوس موريسJesus loves you  Father Augustine Morris

Lecture @ OCCM - Tampa & Clearwater, FL ~ October 17, 2022

Promises to Avoid Anxiety - OCCM

In the fourth chapter of St Paul's letter to the Ephesians, he mentions six specifications for the building of the Church as the body of Christ. Tune in as His Grace reviews these specifications from the perspective of ministry, as its very purpose is for edifying the body of Christ!

Building The Church According To Divine Specifications (HG Bishop Youssef)

"The Son redeemed us by dying on the cross, purchased us by His blood, and will raise us up at the last day." 

In today's Gospel, the Son reveals to us the will of the Father. Tune in as His Grace explains what His will has to do with the Eucharist that we partake of every week!

The Bread Of Life On The Cross (HG Bishop Youssef)

"What is the relation between Communion and proclaiming the Lord's death and resurrection? We can proclaim these without Communion, so why did Christ say 'every time you eat of this bread and drink of this cup you proclaim My death and confess My resurrection'?"

Tune in as His Grace explains, clarifies, and answers this question in this insightful sermon!

The Resurrection: Why Do We Need To Partake Of The Eucharist? (HG Bishop Youssef)

As we commemorate the feast of St Mark, we look to his story as an example of a life lived in true faith and love. Tune in as His Grace speaks about the events which mark the two feasts of this great saint, what we should - and what we might not - know about St Mark, and the lessons we can learn from his life.

Enlightenment In Judgement (HG Bishop Youssef)

Sometimes when we read the Bible, the words judgment, discernment, and condemnation get confused. Tune in as His Grace looks at how Christ was confronted with judgement, how we can learn to use discernment properly, and breaks down the age old question of what judgement really is!

Lessons From The Life Of St Mark (HG Bishop Youssef)

Lecture 3 - Clergy Retreat @ Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Pennsylvania ~ August 23, 2023

Time Management (English & Arabic - عربي)

ربي يسوع اسندني لكي لا اخطئ إليك ثانية، دعني أقبّل قدميك وابللهما بدموعي وحبي، دعني أرتمي في حضنك الإلهي كطفل في حضن امه، أبكي بفرح العودة، أبكي برجاء النصرة، أبكي بروح القيامة من سقطاتي الرديئة، سأكون لك بنعمتك، لن يستعبدني العالم ثانية، لن يسبيني الشيطان مرة أخرى، لن يخدعني الجسد بأوهامه، كل هذا بنعمتك، مخلصي القدوس لقد ذقت مرارة الخطية واكتشفت وهمها الردئ، كنت اظنها حرية مفرحة ووجدتها عبودية قاسية، الآن أدرك بنعمتك أنك وحدك فيك الحرية والفرح والسعادة، وبدونك حياتي مرة وكئيبة، الآن أدرك لماذا يفرح الصائم حتى أنك قلت متى صمتم فلا تكونوا عابسين، أفرح الآن بعودتي إليك بعد التوهان، لأستقر في حضنك بعد الضياع، الآن تشتاق نفسي إلى القداسة بعد ان دنست نفسي وجسدي بأفعالي الدنيئة، الآن يتغير إتجاه حياتي ليكون المسيح هدفي ومحور إهتمامي لأن لي الحياة هي المسيح بعد أن كان العالم ولقمة العيش والجسد واللذات والذات والشهرة والمجد الباطل إستولوا عليّ أفقدوني هويتي ومعنى وجودي سلبوا مني فرحتي وتركوني ملقى بين حياً وميت أنتظر سامرياً صالحاً يضمد جراحاتي، تعالى إذاً ياربي يسوع إحملني على منكبيك، أودعني كنيستك المقدسة لأشفى من جراحات نفسي العميقة، أشفى بك وبلمساتك الحانية في كنيستك المقدسة مستشفى التائبين آمين 

ربي يسوع اسندني تأمل رائع - أنبا رافائيل

Stress Management

القلق أيام الامتحانات

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him. John 6:27

لَا تَسْعَوْا وَرَاءَ الطَّعَامِ الْفَانِي، بَلْ وَرَاءَ الطَّعَامِ الْبَاقِي إِلَى الْحَيَاةِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ، الَّذِي  يُعْطِيكُمْ إِيَّاهُ ابْنُ الإِنْسَانِ، لأَنَّ هَذَا الطَّعَامَ قَدْ وَضَعَ اللهُ الآبُ خَتْمَهُ عَلَيْهِ 

The Bread of Life by Abona Luka Sidarous - خبز الحياة

Changing Your Life Like Zaccheaus-Father Anthony Messeh

O Seeker to Meet Jesus

Servant Meeting at St. Demiana Coptic Orthodox Church, Jacksonville, FL on November 6, 2016

~ A Living Sacrifice (Romans 12:1-2)

Mind, Reason and Discernment

Trusting in the Lord 

"Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You" Psalm 56:3

Why should we trust in Him?
How can we practice trusting in the Lord?

Trust in Him (Fr. Jonathan Ishak)

تأملات بالموسيقى

غريب على الأرض - تأملات بالموسيقى - البابا شنودة الثالث

Abu Sefein Glorification - Paone 10

Refrain:
In one of my dreams, while sleeping in peace
I saw three fathers and a soldier strong yet meek
In one of my dreams a great and beautiful scene
I saw three fathers and a soldier strong yet meek

One had a long white beard, old in age and held a rod
He lived in a distant cave, held the writings that he taught
His sayings were plenty and the demons he fought
(My beloved Abba Anthony may his blessings be with me) 2x
Quickly I ran to him, kissed the cross in his hand
He urged me to remember from sin I must withstand

The second had a sack, carried it on his back
He walked around with care and from it sin poured 
He said these are my sins in God’s mercy do not doubt
(My beloved Abba Moses the strong and the holy) 2x
Quickly I ran to him to bear my sufferings
He urges me to remember the way of repentance

The third was kneeling down in the corner of his room
He had a bowl of water with love he was consumed
He lived with our Lord, washed the feet of the Bridegroom
(My beloved Abba Pishoy with love in Christ he grew) 2x
Quickly I ran to him, in peace he let me in
He urged me to remember have love for all humans 

And the soldier was standing lifting up his hands
A red cloak on his shoulders, two camels in the sand 
Armor on his chest, the monastery behind him
(My beloved St.Mina the faithful intercessor) 2x
Quickly I ran to him, with open arms he came my way 
He urged me to remember be steadfast in the faith

In One Of My Dreams

St. Pope Kyrillos VI - God is Love

Father Lazarus El Anthony - On Solitude

HG Bishop Basil reads for us The Touch of Divine Love Consolation of the Sick written by Fr. Tadros Malaty.

You can download the book and read along: https://www.suscopts.org/pdf/books/consolationofthesickfrtadrosmalaty.pdf

Audiobook

Consolation of the Sick by Fr. Tadros Malaty - Audiobook by HG Bishop Basil

This is part of the series called "ABBA Give me a WORD".

His Grace shares with us some words from St Eusebius of Caesarea says concerning this treatise:
“A pestilent disease took possession of many provinces of the whole world, and especially Alexandria and Egypt; as Dionysius writes, and the treatise of Cyprian ‘concerning the Mortality’ bears witness.”(1)

Then His Graces shares with some words from St. Cyprian of Carthage’s Treatise 7: On the Mortality, Part 16:
“…beloved brethren, what is it, what a great thing is it, how pertinent, how necessary, that that pestilence and plague which seems horrible and deadly, searches out the righteousness of each one, and examines the minds of the human race, to see (1) whether they who are in health tend the sick; (2) whether relations affectionately love their family; (3) whether masters pity their weakened servants; (4) whether physicians do not forsake the beseeching patients; (5) whether the fierce suppress their violence; (6) whether the greedy can quench the ever insatiable desire of their raging avarice even by the fear of death; (7) whether the arrogant bend their neck; (8) whether the wicked soften their boldness; (9) whether, when their dear ones perish, the rich, even then bestow anything, and give, when they are to die without heirs. (10) Even although this mortality conferred nothing else, it has done this benefit to Christians and to God’s servants, that we begin gladly to desire martyrdom as we learn not to fear death. These are trainings for us, not deaths: they give the mind the glory of fortitude; by contempt of death they prepare for the crown.” (2)

References:
(1)	Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe, eds., Fathers of the Third Century: Hippolytus, Cyprian, Novatian, Appendix, vol. 5, The Ante-Nicene Fathers (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Company, 1886)

(2)	Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe, eds., Fathers of the Third Century: Hippolytus, Cyprian, Novatian, Appendix, vol. 5, The Ante-Nicene Fathers (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Company, 1886).

When the Lord Jesus Christ called His disciples, He called them by a few simple words..."Follow Me".

ABBA Give me a WORD

ABBA Give me a WORD: Use Pestilence to Search me O God by HG Bishop Basil

The Feast of Hosanna Sunday - 7th SUNDAY of the Holy Great Fast @ St. Mary and St. Moses Abbey - Sandia, TX ~ April 12, 2020

Hosanna Sunday | 2020 (English & Arabic - عربي)

Why Do We Baptise Infants - Part I

"We don't advance because we don't know our capacity and we don't have sufficient patience in the work that we begin. When we see the temptation of Satan in the place where we are called to be, he who is constant - he who knows what the war is - will remain in God."

Tune in to find out what Fr Antony had to say about constancy both in our relationships and in our spiritual life!

Constancy (Fr Antony Paul)

QA - Liturgy vs Mass | 2020

تأمل في الحزن أبونا القمص تادرس يعقوب (sadness fr. Tadros yacoub Malty (arabic

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How To Not Lose Heart

HE Metropolitan Youssef ~ عظات نيافة الانبا يوسف