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

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The whole congregation kneels saying, "We worship Your<br />

<strong>Holy</strong> Body", as <strong>the</strong> priest declares <strong>the</strong> jewel he is holding<br />

with his hands is <strong>the</strong> true Body of Christ Emmanuel, our true<br />

God, presenting a true adoration in word and deed <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> one<br />

who loved us and suffered physically, for our salvation.<br />

Here <strong>the</strong> priest dips his finger in<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Blood and makes <strong>the</strong><br />

sign of <strong>the</strong> cross in <strong>the</strong> chalice while saying, "And <strong>the</strong><br />

honoured Blood."<br />

The congregation kneels proclaiming, "And Your honored<br />

Blood" (that is, we worship Your divine, honoured Blood<br />

which was shed on <strong>the</strong> cross for our salvation).<br />

The priest makes <strong>the</strong> sign of <strong>the</strong> cross on <strong>the</strong> Body with <strong>the</strong><br />

Blood and says, "Pertaining <strong>to</strong> His Christ, <strong>the</strong> Almighty<br />

Lord our God," signifying <strong>the</strong> passion of <strong>the</strong> Lord on <strong>the</strong><br />

cross, and His Blood which was shed <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> effects of <strong>the</strong><br />

nails, lashes, crown of thorns, and stabbing by <strong>the</strong> spear,<br />

which tricked down His holy body at <strong>the</strong> time of crucifixion<br />

until His pure body was covered in blood.<br />

In one of <strong>the</strong> Coptic manuscripts of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Liturgy</strong> books, <strong>the</strong><br />

word "Almighty" relates <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lord Christ and not God <strong>the</strong><br />

Fa<strong>the</strong>r. The Lord Christ was described as "Almighty", in<br />

some parts of <strong>the</strong> liturgy of St Gregory, for example :-<br />

V In <strong>the</strong> introduction of <strong>the</strong> Fraction, <strong>the</strong> priest speaks <strong>to</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Lord, "Our God who gave His holy disciples and<br />

pure apostles... now again, O our Master bes<strong>to</strong>w upon<br />

us and on all Your people... our almighty Lord our<br />

God."<br />

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