How to Benefit from the Holy Liturgy - Pope Kirillos Scientific Family

after a while the soldiers caught Him, and dragged Him to
condemnation, which ended with His crucifixion on Friday
noon.
How great is God's love to His creation, and how sinful is
man in his ingratitude and denial!
Why don't we learn from this lesson and not repeat what the
Jews did to our Saviour, but instead, respond to the constant
loving calls of God, and accept His will, obeying His
commandments so that we may benefit from this Divine
Sacrifice.
The Sacrament of EUCHARIST is called the 'Great Mystery
of Godliness' as it is the greatest of the Seven Sacraments in
the Holy Church. It is the crown of all the sacraments of
godliness, because it strengthens in us the feeling of God's
love towards us, and His Sacrifice for us, also the feelings of
humility, reverence and gratitude to this overflowing, divine
love by which He "Did not spare His own Son but
delivered Him up for us all" (Romans 8:32).
The path of godliness is not as easy as it may seem at first
glimpse, but needs effort, struggle and Divine Providence so
that we ask in the first supplication of the Liturgy of St.
Gregory, "May the righteousness of faith multiply,
straighten the path of godliness for us.
The Sacrament of Communion is the most important Divine
help in our struggle in the way of godliness and fear of God,
as the wise King Solomon says, "The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom" (Proverbs 9:10).
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