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

So, in the Mystery of the Pauline for example, he says,
"Grant us and all Your congregation a clear mind, and
understanding, in order to know and understand the
benefit of Your teachings, which are being read to us
now" (alluding to St. Paul's Epistle).
In the Mystery of the Gospel, the priest prays for the sake of
the congregation saying, "...make us worthy to hear Your
Holy Gospel and keep Your commandments, to bear fruits
a hundredfold, sixty fold and thirty fold through Jesus
Christ our Lord...", and at the end he says, "Your law,
rights, commandments, holy orders, confirm them in their
hearts, let them know the power and depth of the words
they have heard."
The readings and the sermon are rich meals, don't miss them
or ignore listening to them. The word of God is the light to
our feet and path, food for our spirits and bodies, as, "Man
shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:4). That is
why the Apostle advises us, "...not forsaking the assembly
of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but
exhorting one another, and so much more as you see the
Day approaching" (Hebrews 10:25).
The Hegumen Antonious Ragheb says, "The readings
resemble the five loaves of bread and two fish: In the Holy
Liturgy the five chapters of the Holy Bible which we listen to
: the Pauline, Catholicon, Praxis, Psalm and the Gospel,
are the loaves of grace, while the two fish are the Sinixarium
and the sermon."
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