by Prince Mathew
Preface for Meditation:
Repentance is the sacrament which God gave us for our salvation. Repentance is
the act of our co-laboring with the Creator; the miracle of transforming the old
into new, dirty into clean, ill into whole. The foundation of the sacrament of
repentance is the realization of one’s deadly sinful illness, a clear vision of
one’s demise. Only he who understands that he is ill will run to the Physician;
only he who sees that he is perishing will call out to the Savior; and only he
who wants to be well will follow the rubrics prescribed by the Physician and
take the necessary Medicine.
In repentance, a man separates himself from sin, learns not to be one with it,
and begins to understand that he is an image of God, but sin is a horrible
caricature, corruption, and illness. Having seen the ugliness of sin, a man
turns away from it, opens his wound to the Physician, and begs for healing. It
is in this movement of man to God—one who is ill to the Source of health—and God
to man—the Physician to one who needs His help—it is in this union of the two
mutually-directed acts that the sacrament of repentance takes place.
Bible Reading Passages for Today:
Evening
Morning
Before Holy Qurbana
Holy Qurbana
Bible Verse for the day:
Which is easier: to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?
- St. Luke 5:23
Third Sunday of The Holy Lent (Palsy Sunday)
* St. Luke 5:17-26
* St. John 5:1-18
* Ezekiel 34: 1-16
* Exodus 4 : 10 - 17
* II Kings 2 : 1 - 11
* Isaiah 5:20-25
* Acts 5:12-16. 19: 8 -12
* Romans 5:1-11
* 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10
* St. Mark 2:1-12
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