His Holiness Pope Tawadros II Delivers His Wednesday’s Meeting Sermon “Your Family Is Your Treasure”
On Wednesday February 22, 2023, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, delivered his Wednesday’s meeting sermon from the Church of the Virgin Mary and Saint Bishoy Cathedral at the Papal Residence, Abbaseya, Egypt. The sermon was broadcasted on Christian channels and the C.O.C channel of the Church’s media center on the Internet.
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II spoke about the importance of the Lent and discussed a part of chapter 6 of the Gospel of our teacher Matthew (verses 19 to 34). His Holiness indicated that the Great Lent focuses on the “Eye”, so during it, His Holiness will discuss a series that talks about the Christian family, in which His Holiness links the “Eye” with the subject of every Sunday of fasting, and its relationship to the family. Also, since next Sunday is “Treasure Sunday”, His Holiness put a question and made the answer to it the subject of the sermon, which is: How do you see your family? Is it a treasure in your eyes?!
Focusing on the following meanings:
1- The family is a treasure filled with all the meanings and qualities that a person needs from the humanity and spiritual aspects.
2- The family is security that contains secrets and fears, “For whom the Lord loves, He corrects” (Proverbs 3:12)
3- The family is warmth, a sense of protection and covering up.
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II presented the ideal vision for the family through biblical examples, as follows:
1- The family is a blessing that we must preserve and appreciate
“but Ruth clung to her… But Ruth said: “Entreat me not leave yo, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God.” (Ruth 1:14-16)…
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