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

As the deacon hears the priest presenting repentance to God
in reverence saying, "Remember also, O Lord, my
weakness and forgive me my numerous sins....", he sees
his humility and lowliness before the sacrificed Lamb of God,
who takes away the sins of the world, and so he too
immediately gives witness to his own repentance and
salvation by saying, "You are saved. Amen." He then joins
in giving comfort to the priest by replying, "And with your
spirit". Or alternatively, peace and comfort for your honest,
repenting spirit, that reminds me of Nathan the prophet, with
David the Prophet and King. When David confessed his sins
to God before Nathan, he said: "I have sinned against the
Lord," and Nathan said to David, "The Lord also has put
away your sin, you shall not die" (2 Samuel 12:13).
Here I ask myself, was it Nathan's authority to say to David
the Prophet and King, "The Lord also has put away your
sin. You shall not die"
David was a great king and prophet, and his heart was
according to God's heart; even more than Nathan himself.
But because God sent him, he went and spoke to David, as
God told him. In other situations we find him giving to David
obedience and submission. When investigating the subject of
ordaining Solomon king on his father's throne, Nathan the
prophet came in before David the prophet, he bowed down
before the king with his face to the ground and said, "My
lord, O King ... even me your servant" (1 Kings 1:23-27).
Raising the cross denotes the salvation of the priest, in
accomplishing by the cross and worthiness of the Divine
Blood shed for him, not by the words of the deacon.
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