var numberOfSongs = 9 var sound = new Array(numberOfSongs+1) sound[0]= "sound/yamalekesalam.mid" sound[1]= "sound/copticChurch.mid" sound[2]= "sound/salam.mid" sound[3]= "sound/eve_of_last_supper.mid" sound[4]= "sound/hait_to_Mary.mid" sound[5]= "sound/HaveMercy.mid" sound[6]= "sound/hownice.mid" sound[7]= "sound/yamariam.mid" sound[8]= "sound/magedmariam.mid" sound[9]= "sound/Let_us_praise.mid" var numberOfSayings = 44 var sayings = new Array(numberOfSayings+1) sayings[0]= "How would we ever expect to be long-suffering if we had not faced the opposition of antichrists? (Athanasius, Resurrection Letter VIII)" sayings[1]= "God’s love of man is such that to those for whom first He is the Creator, He afterwards, according to grace, becomes a Father also.(Athanasius, Discourses Against the Arians)" sayings[2]= "Christ became what we are that He might make us what He is.(Athanasius, Incarnation of the Word of God)" sayings[3]= "He became man; He did not merely enter into a man. (Athanasius, Orations Against the Arians)" sayings[4]= "Few are they who manage to dam the rush of water. Sill fewer are they who are able to stem the gossiping tongue. (St. John Climacus)" sayings[5]= "Garrulousness (i.e. excessive talking) is the platform from which vainglory preaches itself.(St. John Climacus)" sayings[6]= "Vigilance is a spiritual pleasure, that is impossibe to get used to except through the praises of the Church. " sayings[7]= "In the beginning, vigilance is a difficult practice, but through the love of Christ and His grace, it turns into a desirable and enjoyable habit that man searches for with diligence. " sayings[8]= "While the children of God sojourn on earth their eyes are directed toward heaven, until they completely depart from the flesh and their time of Sojournment on earth comes to an end." sayings[9]= "How lovely, sweet, and powerful is silence if we are carrying the cross with Jesus. How tough, painful and unjust is silence if the shadow of the cross disappears from our lives. " sayings[10]= "The sacrament of Baptism is the mystery of forming a big family, that is born from above and has its hopes and directions fixed, spiritually. " sayings[11]= "Jesus Christ freed us from the slavery of Satan by the cross, so we can be His children. This occurs to us by the power of the cross through the Baptism and the renounciation of the devil. " sayings[12]= "The renounciation of the devil, the leader of this world, implies that we have another home in heaven, and our life on earth is sojournment. " sayings[13]= "Our pleasure is not of this foreing world, but in heaven" sayings[14]= "We live on earth but we are citizens of heaven, so we behave in a way that satisfies our Heavenly Father, not the world." sayings[15]= "Any Christian that forgets this truth, the truth of being sojourners, will be enticed by worldly matters and hindered in his path, thus, going astray." sayings[16]= "It is the source of everlasting love for everyone: love for the congregation, love for the sinners, love for the poor, and love for those who persecute it. " sayings[17]= "The Church is always in need for martyrs of love and martyrs that preserve its unity." sayings[18]= "The Cross was not the result of an accidental happening in the Lord's life on earth Christ had to be crucified. " sayings[19]= "Our Lord Jesus proclaimed there is no Christianity here or on the Mount of Transfiguration, except through the Cross. " sayings[20]= "Meditation on the Lord's Cross all day long weans the heart from loving the world, as the Cross has the power to crucify the body's desires and lusts. " sayings[21]= "The soul which crucified its desires ought to say, I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me (Gal. 2:20). " sayings[22]= "The Cross, before being the place for Divine Justice, is the place for Divine Love, for me, a sinner. " sayings[23]= "For the Greeks (who possessed worldly wisdom), the Cross will always be foolishness. It is the clear difference between Christ and the whole world with its philosophies and religions. " sayings[24]= "For those who will perish, the Cross seems like final defeat, but to us believers it is the beginning of victory, power and triumph. " sayings[25]= "O brother! Do not turn away from your Cross, instead, discover in it the power of your resurrection. Do not slacken in your strife lest you lose your crown." sayings[26]= "Faith is the power that moves our ship through the raging sea of this world." sayings[27]= "Neglecting the Holy Bible is very dangerous to our understanding of the Church Sacraments, its prayers and worships." sayings[28]= "Humility = a fixed branch on the Body of Christ. (John 15:1,2) " sayings[29]= "Sacrificing the self is abiding in Christ. It is the disappearance of the ego that allows the branch to live in the vine and feel its unity with the rest of its members. This is the only path that leads to humility. " sayings[30]= "The ego is the origin of every calamity in the Church. " sayings[31]= "The ego equals a dried branch that is separated from the head." sayings[32]= "There is no love for Christ without preaching. " sayings[33]= "God manifests Himself to those who seek Him with love. " sayings[34]= "Anything that man owns decreases if it is divided and distributed to others, except love, which increases the more it is given to others. " sayings[35]= "Hatred is death and love is life. We have passed from death to life, because we love the brethern. (I John 3:14)" sayings[36]= "Coptic singing is a conversation with the name of salvation (Jesus Christ's name) and it is not just an ordinary kind of singing. " sayings[37]= "Truly, hymns are delightful, enjoyable means of worship and spiritual exaltation similar to that of the angels. " sayings[38]= "Repentance is not the work of man, as prophet Jeremiah said, Make me repent my Lord and I shall repent." sayings[39]= "The Spirit cannot give the fruit of righteousness except to the penitent souls. " sayings[40]= "Penitence is the most important sign of love. " sayings[41]= "The more a penitent realizes he has grieved the Lord who loves him and that Jesus' Cross was mainly raised to wash his sins and redeem his soul, the more true and rightful his penitence is. " sayings[42]= "There is an insincere penitence which deceives the soul, and a geniune one which is the work of the Holy Spirit. " sayings[43]= "If repentance is neglected for an instant, one can lose the power of the Resurrection as he lives with the weakness of tepidity and the potential of his fall. " sayings[44]= "Penitence does not stop at regretting sin, but it takes another step forward which is to start a new life with God! " var numberOfVerses = 31 var verse = new Array(numberOfVerses+1) verse[0]= "Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord. (Romans 12:19)" verse[1]= "So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. (1 Corinthians 3:7)" verse[2]= "He who glories, let him glory in the Lord (1 Corinthians 1:31)" verse[3]= "For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends. (2 Corinthians 10:18)" verse[4]= "Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation? (2 Corinthians 11:29)" verse[5]= "He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me (2 Corinthians 12:9)" verse[6]= "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)" verse[7]= "And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. (Galatians 6:9)" verse[8]= "Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. (Galatians 6:10)" verse[9]= "Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; (Isaiah 19:1)" verse[10]= "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. (Galatians 5:22-23)" verse[11]= "I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. (Galatians 5:16)" verse[12]= "For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (Galatians 5:14)" verse[13]= "Come now, and let us reason together, Says the Lord, Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. (Isaiah 1:18)" verse[14]= "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)" verse[15]= "The fear of the Lord is the crown of wisdom, making peace and perfect health to flourish. (Sirach 1:18)" verse[16]= "The fear of the Lord delights the heart, and gives gladness and joy and long life. (Sirach 1:12)" verse[17]= "Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. (Psalms 40:1)" verse[18]= "Be a father to orphans, and be like a husband to their mother; you will then be like a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than does your mother. (Sirach 4:10)" verse[19]= "Honor your father by word and deed, that his blessing may come upon you. (Sirach 3:8)" verse[20]= "He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully (2 Corinthians 9:6)" verse[21]= "God loves a cheerful giver (2 Corinthians 9:7)" verse[22]= "Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. (1 Corinthians 16:13)" verse[23]= "Let all that you do be done with love. (1 Corinthians 16:14)" verse[24]= "And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13)" verse[25]= "Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble. (1 Corinthians 8:13)" verse[26]= "All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. (1 Corinthians 6:12)" verse[27]= "For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. (1 Corinthians 6:20)" verse[28]= "Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord. (Romans 12:19)" verse[29]= "Take, eat, this is My body Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. (Matthew 26:26-28)" verse[30]= "But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 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