وجبـــــــة روحيـــــ(†)ــــــــــة يوميـــــــــة

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

Jairus worshipped Him, saying: "My little daughter lies at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live" (Mk. 5:23). Thus it was worship preceded by faith in Christ that He is able to raise the dead by merely laying His hands on them. And Christ did raise his daughter for him (Mk. 5:41,42).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

Christ was also worshipped by Mary Magdalene and the other Mary after His resurrection (Matt. 28:9).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

The eleven Apostles worshipped Christ when they saw Him after the Resurrection (Matt. 28:17). Christ's resurrection from the dead was one of the greatest miracles and its effect on the Apostles and the two women was that of worshipping Him.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

The wise men from the East worshipped
Christ in His childhood (Matt. 2:11).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

We add the words of St. Paul the Apostle that "at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father" (Phil. 2: 10,11).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

The Lord Jesus Christ
accepted to be called "Lord, Lord'
(Matt. 7:22)

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

The Lord Jesus Christ says that prayer addressed to the Father will be heard if it is in His name, He said to His disciples: "Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full" (Jn. 16:23,24).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

He also said: "And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name I will do" (Jn. 14:13,14).
The phrase in My name I will do which He says here twice, means that He Himself hears the prayer. Christ Himself, here, is the One who gives; that the Father may be glorified in the Son. It is unlike the previous verse whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. And this is a clear indication of His Divinity.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

St. John the Evangelist says: "In Him was life" Jn. 1:4). The Lord Jesus Christ gives life here on earth and in the eternal life, and this is one of the works of God alone.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

The Lord Jesus Christ gave life when He raised the dead. The Holy Bible mentions three miracles pertaining to this point:
(a) (Mk. 5:22,35-42): The raising of Jairus's daughter. She was lying dead on her bed in the house, and her relatives were weeping and wailing.
(b) (Lk. 7:11-17): The raising of the son of the widow of Nain. He was being carried in the coffin on the way to the tomb and around him were great crowds of the people of the city.
(c) (Jn. 11): The raising of Lazarus four days after his death. He was buried in the tomb and his sister said that there was a stench.
The important point in these three miracles is that they were performed by Christ's order, which denotes His Divinity and that He is the Giver of life. We will talk about this point in detail when we tackle the proof of Christ's Divinity with respect to His miracles.