Sermons for the Triodi time
Section Three: Sermons for the Time of the Triodi His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazim) (*) One of the Pharisees and the publican, O God, give us the grace of the Pharisee humbler […]
On Holy Saturday the Church focuses our attention on the tomb of the Lord. This day is the most complex day of the liturgical year (64), because
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On Holy Thursday we followed Jesus into the upper room. Today, on Good Friday (49), we will follow him to Calvary. We will not follow him
Holy Thursday brings us into the Paschal Mystery (38), as it revives and brings before us the first part of this Mystery, which took place in
Holy Wednesday shows us two different images that indicate conflicting psychological states: the image of the woman who poured perfume on Jesus’ head
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Holy Tuesday continues the meditation on the subject of Christ's return and the judgment he will exercise on mankind. But there are some differences between the method
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There is a clear difference between the atmosphere of Palm Sunday and the atmosphere of Holy Monday. While Palm Sunday was talking about the coming of the King,
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From the first day of the Great Week, we must (receive) Jesus Christ, and accept that His will dominates us. In this reception of Christ
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We now enter into the holiest week of the year (23). It is at the forefront of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, which along with the resurrection of Lazarus constitutes an introduction
Fasting, in its exclusive sense, ends on the Friday following the fifth Sunday of Lent, when the forty-day period ends. The period of pain extends
One cannot prove with certainty what share history has and what share superstition has in the traditions concerning the saint (Mary of Egypt).
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Today the Church calls our attention to Saint John of Climacus (19) because this father, who lived in the seventh century, achieved in his life
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