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by Fr. Dmitri, New Zealand
Saturday 7 February 2009 (30 Tobi; 30 Tuba)
In your patience possess your souls.
CONSIDER THIS:
Blessed is he who consumes the bread of love, which is Jesus!
A Christian is an imitator of Christ in thought, word and deed,
The Christ should not let the sun set on an angry fit of a brother,
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which
At that hour, Pilate condemned the Lord Christ to death; and thus,
Some one told me that when praying, whether at the beginning
Do not neglect your work now, so that your joy may be eternal.
REFLECTION:
Practice patience toward everyone, and especially toward yourself.
God of Patience, let us endure our imperfections without rebelling.
HOMILY:
And I say unto thee, That thou art Peter.
So many people take this to mean that Christ is building His Church upon
Our Lord was referring to himself as the Rock and it was upon the Firm
When we look in the Bible at the references to a Rock it is always referring
Then we look at 1 Cor.10:4-for they drank of that Spiritual Rock that
You may also recall that in the Wilderness when God instructed Moses to
Peter had no primacy over the other Apostles he was co-equal with them. In
To Thee be Glory now and ever, unto Ages of Ages.
Today's Readings:
Evening: Psalm 67:26-27; Gospel Matt.26:6-13.
Gregory The Theologian.
(Luke 21:19)
He who eats of love eats Christ, the God over all, as John
bears witness, saying, "God is Love".
(Isaac of Syria)
as far as this is humanly possible, and he believes rightly and
blamelessly in the Holy Trinity.
(John Climacus)
lest night separate both from each other.
(Basil the Great)
endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give unto
you: for Him hath God the Father sealed.
(John 6:27)
by condemning Christ, Adam's exoneration was proclaimed.
(Heguman Pishoy Kamel)
or at the end, he forgets about himself or what he has, and enjoys
the beauty of his Creator.
(The Spiritual Elder)
(St. Augustine)
Never be disturbed because of your imperfections, but always get
up bravely after a fall.
Help us to be patient with ourselves as well as with others.
(Francis de Sales)
THE FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH
Upon this Rock I will build my Church; and
the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
(Matt.16:18)
Peter. Now the Greek word for Peter is Petros which means a rolling stone
not conducive for the founding of a Church. He was impulsive and sometimes
impetuous and sometimes lacking in Faith.
Foundation of Himself that he was going to establish His Church.
to Christ. The best example is: The Lord is my Rock and my fortress; who is a
Rock save our God? Psalm 18:2.
followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
strike the Rock once to obtain Water. But in his frustration as we know he
struck
the Rock three times which was symbolic of Striking Christ and prophetic
of those stripes Christ would receive when he was Scourged at His trial
before Pilate. Of course Moses because of this was not allowed into the
Promised Land.
Fact he was not a Bishop in Rome. Paul had in fact Ordained Linus to be the
first Bishop of Rome.
AMEN!
Morning: Psalm 8: 3 & 4; Gospel John 4:15-24.
Liturgy: Ephes.5:8-21; 1 Peter 3:5-14; Acts 21:5-14;
Psalm 44:15-16; Gospel Matt.25:1-13.
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