http://www.frbishoy.com/blog The official blog of Fr. Bishoy Andrawes, Priest of St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church of Washington, DC Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:01:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A prayer by Newman quoted by Mother Teresa: Dear Jesus, help me to spread your fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with your spirit and life. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of yours. Shine through me, and be ... http://www.frbishoy.com/blog/2007/08/12/a-prayer/ I usually don't like to post any thing related to politics but I some how liked this article. "If I were a Copt, I would flood Egypt, and the world, with the facts about the overall atmosphere that is pressuring the Copts in Egypt today. "If I were a Copt, I ... http://www.frbishoy.com/blog/2007/05/14/if-i-were-a-copt/ M Mentor Manager Mediator Messenger Mender O Organizer Opinion-maker Organist Overseer Ombudsman T Taxi Driver Target Teacher Teammate Truth-teller H Helpmate Historian Heroine Housewife Healer E Encourager Entrepreneur Enabler Enforcer Edifier R Rescuer Remodeler Rewarder Referee Restorer http://www.frbishoy.com/blog/2007/05/10/what-is-a-mother/ As Orthodox we do emphasize the importance of the role of the church’s leader(s) or the priest(s). We often underestimate the role of the priest’s wife. In my opinion, her role is of a higher importance. She is the behind-the-scene support. If he is the father of the church she ... http://www.frbishoy.com/blog/2007/05/10/the-mother-of-the-church/ So many people are enslaved to their jobs. They have no life but don’t know what to do. No time even to look for another job; if there are any available jobs! Some brave people decide to give it up for God. It’s a test of faith: is God going ... http://www.frbishoy.com/blog/2007/04/26/give-it-up-for-gods-sake/ February 8, 1998 his Holiness Pope Shenouda III along with 9 other bishops consecrated the alter of our church on the name of St. Mark the Apostle. http://www.frbishoy.com/blog/2007/02/09/on-this-day/ I got this e-mail from a faithful servant in our church and thought to share it as I benefited from it: As I am running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to do 10,000 things for the church this morning, someone bought me a tear away calendar that ... http://www.frbishoy.com/blog/2007/02/08/are-you-serving-a-lot/ This is the time to think about reading the bible in one year. I have used this before, I will use it this year also (by God’s grace) and I do recommend it. After looking at many options I came to this schedule/system that is designed by Tyndale publishing. You can ... http://www.frbishoy.com/blog/2006/12/28/one-year-bible/ Because of travel there was no chance to post but thought to share this beautiful quotation: “If two angels were to receive at the same moment a commission from God, one to go down and rule earth’s grandest empire, the other to go and sweep the streets of its meanest village, ... http://www.frbishoy.com/blog/2006/12/14/long-time-no-see/ A young monk asked a wise monk for a word of advice. He told him “go to the cemetery and praise the dead and say all good things about them.” The young monk did so, even though it was very weird, and came back. The old monk asked him “what ... http://www.frbishoy.com/blog/2006/09/21/i-love-you-i-hate-you/