CHRIST THE TRUE SOLOMON
Because Solomon had built a temple to the Lord – a prototype and an image of the future Church, the Lord’s body, which is why the Gospel says Destroy this temple and in three days...
Why make requests of God if He already knows what we need?
“Even if I grant your point and admit that answers to prayer are theoretically possible, I shall still think they are infinitely improbable.” I don't think...
SPIRITUAL INSIGHTS INTO THE MIDNIGHT PRAYER OF THE COPTIC CHURCH
Father Matta El-Meskeen.
The Church begins her daily service of worship at the hour of midnight in order to profess her belief in the second coming of Christ and...
THE WISDOM OF THE PRAYERS OF THE HOURS
The first wisdom is the unity of the church when praying, with one soul The church used to pray with “one soul" lifting up one voice to God (Acts 4:24)....
On the Eucharist
St. Ignatius of Antioch
"I have no taste for corruptible food nor for the pleasures of this life. I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, who was of the seed...
The Teachings of the Twelve Apostles (Didache) on the Eucharist
Celebrate the Eucharist as follows: Say over the cup: “we give you thanks, Father, for the holy vine of David, your servant, which you made known to us...
Pentecost and New Life
When the Lord told his disciples to go and teach all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit , he conferred on them the...
Spiritual Transformation
After Christ had completed his mission on earth, it still remained necessary for us to become sharers in the divine nature of the Word. We had to give up our own life and be so transformed...
Glorious Feast of the Resurrection
It is the Day of the Resurrection, and my Beginning has good auspices. Let us then keep the Festival with splendor, and let us embrace one another. Let us say Brethren, even to...
Doubting Thomas
"…24Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord." So he said to them, "Unless I see...
