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

a deacon, is that the Coptic Gospel is the original reading,
but the Arabic (or other) is just a translation of the Coptic.
vii. The Sermon: addressed by the highest rank present in
Church, that is, the Bishop, or the hegumen or the priest.
Sometimes, the priest may give permission to the deacon to
give the sermon.
My beloved, listen to these divine readings with
concentration, so that they may cure your wounds, answer
your queries, and give solutions to your problems. Try to
learn a verse or two which attracts your attention during the
readings.
Put this verse in your heart, with the Psalmist, saying, "Your
word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin
against You" (Psalm 119:2). Put this verse in the three
weights of flour, that is, your body, soul and spirit, so that
the yeast may work in the dough, thus all your inner and
outer senses may be purified, while the priest prays in the
Mystery of the Pauline: "Purify our hearts and sanctify our
souls, cleanse us from every sin, which we have done
willingly and unwillingly."
The Lord has clearly indicated the importance of effective
listening to the Divine sayings, in purifying and sanctifying a
person, "You are already clean because of the word which
I have spoken to you" (John 15:3).
During this time, the priest is also supporting you through his
inaudible prayers, which he says on the altar, praying that
God may open your mind, and give you understanding to
listen and comprehend what the spirit says to the Churches.
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