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Hosanna in the highest! I hope all have a blessed Palm Sunday! May God bless us on this spiritual journey through Holy Week!

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"Every work which does not have love as its beginning and root, is nothing."— St. John Chrysostom

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God will cleanse your sins if you yourself are dissatisfied with yourself and will keep on changing until you are perfect. -St. Augustine

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To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek Him, the greatest adventure; to find Him, the greatest achievement." St. Augustine

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Khristos Anesti ek nekron! PiKhristos aftonf evol khen ni-ethmoaoot! Happy Feast of the Resurrection to all my Orthodox brothers & sisters!

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Sin enters our life when the waves of the world enter through the cracks of our weakness. — St. Augustine

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If you would rise, shun luxury, for luxury lowers and degrades. —St. John Chrysostom

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Beware of False Humility http://t.co/oSCqg6MBpt

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Fasting is wonderful, because it tramples our sins like a dirty weed, while it cultivates and raises truth like a flower.—St Basil the Great

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"Your skill is not in what you do, but how you do it" (Speaking about humility in one's work)— Abba Pambo

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Look for Him who is above time—the Timeless, the invisible, who for our sake became visible.— St. Ignatius of Antioch

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As long as sin is a state of being separated from God, then repentance will be the means of returning to God. —HH Pope Shenouda

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What's sweeter to our souls, what more sublime, in the course of our whole life, than the practice of prayer! —St. Augustine

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Trust that you're not alone; but surrounded by Divine help, Heavenly powers circle you, & saints are interceding for you. —Pope Shenouda III

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Take away temptations and no one will be saved.—Abba Evagrius

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I am going to work with Christ today, for the salvation of my soul, for that is the reward he gives. — Abba Apollo

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Do you know what fasting does? It heals illnesses, drives out demons, removes wicked thoughts, and makes the heart pure. — St. Athanasius

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In heaven, God will not ask us why we have sinned; He will ask us why we did not repent. — Pope Shenouda III

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“As our body cannot live without nourishment, so our soul cannot live without prayer” - St. Augustine

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This is the great work of man: always to take blame for his own sins before God and to expect temptation to his last breath.— St. Antony