وجبـــــــة روحيـــــ(†)ــــــــــة يوميـــــــــة

[Mary Naeem]

ان هذا الابن والله هم واحد ولذلك لا تستطيع الطبيعة
وحدها ان تجد الوسائل لتدفع مريم ان تحب الابن بصورة لائقة.
انه الله الأب الأزلي الذي وضع في قلب مريم حبا عجيبا
وغير عادي لإبنه الوحيد والروح القدس عمّق ذاك الحب
لذا كان حبها بلا حدود ولا شروط وغير زمني وهذا هو أصل حب مريم لأبنها.
بهذا الحب العجيب ما بين الأم وابنها فكانت أي طعنة او جلدة
او عبارة او رفض او ثقل او صلب هو أيضا طعنة والم في قلب الأم.

[Mary Naeem]

فلنتأمل في احزان مريم ونحاول ان لا نتمثلها في خيالنا وتصوراتنا
فقط بل علينا ان نتبع مثال مريم في قبولها الآلام والأحزان
والضيقات والاضطهادات حبا ليسوع وفي يسوع.
ان صليب يسوع ينبغي ان يفعل فينا ما فعله في قلب مريم فإذا
ما شاركنا آلامه فيصبح العالم ليس فيه أي لذة بالنسبة لنا فأكليل
الشوك الموضوع على رأس ابن الله يجب ان يذيب كل شهوة
نحو الخطية وكل رشفة من الخل الممزوج بالمرارة يقودنا لنبذ أي لذة أرضية.

صلاة: أشكرك يا أماه على قبولك التسليم المطلق لمشيئة
الله في حياتك فعلميني وقوديني لأن أقبل في استسلام لمشيئته
المقدسة في حياتي. آمين.
اكرام : اجمع افراد الاسرة واقرأ عليهم فصلا” من الانجيل المقدس
نافذة : يا أم الله كوني أمنا
يتلى سر من اسرار الوردية -طلبة العذراء المجيدة

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III





Would it not be better if we say that baptism is rising with Christ and not dying with Him because death is harmful and not beneficial whereas rising is beneficial?



Baptism is dying with Christ and rising with Him as the Apostle explained in his Epistle to the Romans: "For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection" (Rom.6: 5) and "Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him" (Rom.6: 8). In this matter no one may depend on his own thoughts and stray from the Church’s teaching, saying that death is useless but resurrection is beneficial. The Holy Bible says: "Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptised into Christ Jesus were baptised into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life"(Rom.6: 3,4),

. The Apostle repeats this in his Epistle to the Colossians, saying: "...buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead" (Col.2: 12). From these verses we see that baptism is both death and resurrection. Truly, those who despise dying with Christ cannot receive the blessing of His resurrection.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III




Baptism is dying with Christ and rising with Him as the Apostle explained in his Epistle to the Romans: "For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection" (Rom.6: 5) and "Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him" (Rom.6: 8). In this matter no one may depend on his own thoughts and stray from the Church’s teaching, saying that death is useless but resurrection is beneficial. The Holy Bible says: "Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptised into Christ Jesus were baptised into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life"(Rom.6: 3,4),

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III




The Apostle repeats this in his Epistle to the Colossians, saying: "...buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead" (Col.2: 12). From these verses we see that baptism is both death and resurrection. Truly, those who despise dying with Christ cannot receive the blessing of His resurrection.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

Why is there death in baptism? And what is its importance?

Here we ask: Why is there death in baptism? And what is its importance?
(a) To have fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ. The Apostle did not say that he only enters into the power of His resurrection, but he said: "...that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death" (Phil.3: 10) and "I have been crucified with Christ" (Gal.2: 20). The phrase dying with Christ is repeated many times in his Epistle to the Romans (Rom.6).
(b) Man's corrupted nature (the old man) must die in baptism so he may receive the new nature. This is what the Apostle express in his words about crucifying the old self in baptism. In the same chapter of his Epistle to the Romans he says: "...knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin" (Rom.6: 6,7). Here is the benefit of death. Death is not harmful as some think,

. It is better for us and for our old self to die so that we can rise with a new nature after the image of God. As for the corrupted nature, it does not have the power to rise with Christ. It is essential for our old self to die in order to live.

(c) The fellowship of His death implies that we profess that we were under the penalty of death; we were dead in trespasses. Christ died for us and was buried. That is why we are baptised into His death. As long as the wages of our sin is death, we are buried with Him in baptism. In this way we receive the merit of the blessing of rising with Christ.

(d) It is common sense that resurrection means rising from the dead. Whoever rises with Christ in baptism must have died with Him in order to rise. If he did not die, how then will he rise?

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III



To have fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ. The Apostle did not say that he only enters into the power of His resurrection, but he said: "...that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death" (Phil.3: 10) and "I have been crucified with Christ" (Gal.2: 20). The phrase dying with Christ is repeated many times in his Epistle to the Romans (Rom.6).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III



Man's corrupted nature (the old man) must die in baptism so he may receive the new nature. This is what the Apostle express in his words about crucifying the old self in baptism. In the same chapter of his Epistle to the Romans he says: "...knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin" (Rom.6: 6,7). Here is the benefit of death. Death is not harmful as some think,

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III



It is better for us and for our old self to die so that we can rise with a new nature after the image of God. As for the corrupted nature, it does not have the power to rise with Christ. It is essential for our old self to die in order to live.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III



The fellowship of His death implies that we profess that we were under the penalty of death; we were dead in trespasses. Christ died for us and was buried. That is why we are baptised into His death. As long as the wages of our sin is death, we are buried with Him in baptism. In this way we receive the merit of the blessing of rising with Christ.