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

has clean hands, and a pure heart, who has not lifted
up his soul to an idol..." (Psalm 23). These are all the
qualities of Christ ascending to heaven, standing at the
right hand of God. In Psalm 24, King David says, "Lift
up your heads, O you gates; And lift them up, you
everlasting doors; And the King of Glory shall come in.
Who is the King of Glory The Lord of hosts, He is the
King of glory." This verse is read before the Gospel
during the Resurrection Feast.
In this psalm, a multitude of heavenly hosts asks another
multitude to lift up the doors of heaven so the King of Glory
may enter, who is ascending from the earth. The Lord strong
and mighty in battle, has fought and conquered the devil,
freeing all the imprisoned, beginning with Adam, and
bringing them back to Paradise.
V The Holy Spirit came down on the disciples. "The voice
of the Lord is over the world. The voice of the Lord is
full of majesty", and also "In His temple everyone says
'Glory'" (Psalm 28).
• The Gospel of the Third Hour speaks about the promise
of the Lord of Glory to send His Holy Spirit to His
disciples. He calls Himself the TRUE VINE and we are
the branches that grow in Him by the Holy Spirit which
we receive in the Sacrament of Confirmation - the Myron.
Through this, we bear more fruit.
• In the contemplative Troparia, we ask the Lord not to
take His Holy Spirit away from us, but to abide within
us. We ask the Holy Spirit, who is the Comforter to
dwell within us, through the intercessions of the Mother
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