His Holiness Pope Tawadros II Delivers His Sunday Sermon About “Wisdom”

On Sunday morning the 17th of September 2023, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, delivered a speech on the ON channel, one of the channels of the United Media Services Company, which owns the channels (ON – DMC – Al Hayat – CBC), as part of the weekly Sunday sermon program.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II addressed the readings of today’s Mass, which is the first Sunday of the month of Thoout (the first of the Coptic months), and the subject of the Gospel, which is “John the Baptist” in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 7. His Holiness pointed out the wisdom of John the Baptist because he knew his specific path in life, and he recommended that we follow him as a model of during:

the voice of the truth
Austerity and asceticism
Humility
Honesty of speech
Seriousness in life

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II explained the importance of a person having a goal in life, to strive on earth for the sake of the heavenly Kingdom, and to beware of obstacles to the path and falling into the sin of stubbornness and rejection of God’s word and advice…

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