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

He asks God to grant you here on earth His divine riches, such
as the Holy Bible, the Holy Communion, and an inheritance in
His eternal kingdom, as well as granting us earthly comfort, so
that our good Lord may smell the sweet aroma of the incense of
thanksgiving arising up from you, and being presented before
His throne.
Finally, he asks God to bestow on you the various spiritual
virtues, so that you, together with the priest, might deserve the
Kingdom of Heaven.
V In the third absolution, he asks for many gifts and blessings
for you:
• That God may grant you His rich mercy
• That God may cut all the bondages of sins, so that Christ
might free you, “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you
shall be free indeed” (John 8:36). When you feel the grace
and freedom of Christ, you can say with the Psalmist, “You
have loosened my bonds, I will offer to You the sacrifice of
thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord. I
will pay my vows to the Lord, now in the presence of all
His people, in the court’s of the Lord’s house, in the midst
of you O Jerusalem” (Psalm 116:16-19).
• He asks for the absolution and forgiveness of all the sins you
have committed, saying, “If we have committed any sin
against You, whether knowingly or unknowingly, or
through anguish of heart, in deeds or words, O Master who
knows the weakness of men, grant us forgiveness, purify us
and absolve us.” Here, the priest asks for the grace of the
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