Sunday, March 18, 2012

Pope Shenouda on Love


Pope Shenouda of the Coptic Orthodox Church died yesterday, here he speaks powerfully on the nature of Love.
God is Love and if we wish to love we must be possessed totally by Him.
Pray for his soul and pray for his oppressed people.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

A powerful message of love indeed !

Eternal rest grant unto him,O Lord
and peace for his people.



Lindi.

Anonymous said...

A great Christian leader.

May he rest in peace.

And may Coptic Christians be blessed with pesce!

Gigi said...

Thanks for posting this Father Ray: very simple words but the most powerful message. God bless him after forty years of devoted leadership. There are dreadful things happening in Egypt which aren't necessarily staying in the headlines now, such as the exoneration of the militia conducting "tests" on femal protesters - I won't say more.Shameful.

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