By H.H. Pope Shenouda III
What is a spiritual life my brothers and sisters? It is not simply a shift from what is felt and visible to the unseen.
We live the unseen with confidence that He is in front of us.
This becomes the difference between the believer and the non-believer.
The non-believer desires to see everything with his eyes, or else he can not believe. The believer does not allow his eyes, senses, or external happenings shape his beliefs. But his heart believes in the existence of unseen matters. On one occasion, God rebuked His disciple Thomas who would not believe without seeing when God said to him "Do not be unbelieving, but believing", "Because you have seen Me, you have believed.