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How to Benefit Spiritually from Pascha Week |
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Monday, 23 February 2009 17:54 |
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How to Benefit Spiritually from Pascha Week
by H.H. Pope Shenouda III
How do we enjoy the most spiritual week of the year?
1. Our behavior inside and outside church:
It is very noticeable that many people during Passion Week act very differently inside church than they do outside church. Inside church… black curtains, sad hymns, solemn readings, and complete concentration on the suffering of Christ. However, outside of church, we often laugh, joke around, socialize, think and talk about many worldly issues. We lose all the spiritual depth that we gained inside church. Let us concentrate our thoughts, conversations, and meditations around the events of this Holy Week and the passion of our Savior.
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Sixth Sunday of the Great Lent, the Man Born Blind |
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Monday, 06 April 2009 22:57 |
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On this Sunday, that before the Feast of the Ascension of Christ, the Church recalls to our attention the Gospel of the man born blind. There are two points here that I would particularly like to remark on.
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Seventh Sunday of the Great Lent, Palm Sunday |
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Monday, 06 April 2009 23:12 |
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Today is the seventh Sunday in the Great Lent and is known as “Hosanna Sunday” or “Palm Sunday”.
The word “Hosanna” is Greek and is derived from the Hebrew word “Ho-sha-a-nan” which means “Save us”. It is the word that the Jewish multitude said in welcoming Our Lord Jesus Christ as King during His entry to Jerusalem.
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Fifth Sunday of the Great Lent, The Paralyzed Man |
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Monday, 06 April 2009 17:44 |
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Today is the fifth Sunday in the Great Lent and is known as The Lame Man Sunday with a meaning crippled or paralyzed. The Gospel reading is from the Gospel according to St John (5: 1-18). The Holy Gospel in this section narrates for us the meeting between Our Lord and the sick man near Bethesda pool who had an infirmity for thirty-eight years.
Our Lord Jesus Christ saw and knew all about the desperate man, singled him out from the large crowd, and asked him, “Do you want to be made well?” (John 5:6). May be some will wonder why did Our Lord ask this question. The man has been sick for thirty–eight years. What was the purpose of that question?
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