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Combined into one complete work, these contemplations lead readers step-by-step through the journey of Pascha Week, helping them spiritually participate in Christ’s suffering, crucifixion, and resurrection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing from Scripture, Orthodox theology, and the rich spiritual heritage of the Church Fathers, Pope Shenouda reflects on the meaning of Christ’s Passion and its power to transform the Christian life. 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Were his eyes opened to see the angels and heavenly hosts hasten from the Holy of Holies towards the child that Saint Mary was carrying, who bowed down in awe with joy and cheer for His coming? Or perhaps he saw the angels preaching Him as they did on Christ’s Nativity when they preached the shepherds? Or maybe he saw Hades shaking and the people of God filled with gladness, urging Him to come and break their chains and bring them into Paradise? Either way, his eyes were opened somehow to see what those in the temple had not seen at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eIt is the feast of the open eyes that see God's wondrous salvation!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eMy son, why do you deprive yourself from seeing me? Why do you close your eyes from me? Carry me in your arms as Simeon the elder carried me, for I desire for you never to leave my arms. 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The feast of my entrance into the temple shall become your eternal feast that fills your whole being with my exalted grace. - Fr Tadros Y.Malaty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ePresented by St Shenouda Monastery Sydney Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Fr Tadros Y.Malaty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: St Shenouda Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear: 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 22\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St Shenouda Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44904957280475,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/2168\/8283\/files\/ThefeastofpresntingtheLord.png?v=1784452636"},{"product_id":"la-fete-de-la-presentation-du-christ-au-temple","title":"La Fête de la Présentation du Christ au Temple","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eJoyeuses rencontres bibliques En 2004, j'ai demandé à des enfants d'une de nos églises aux États- Unis: Comment Siméon le vieillard savait-il que Jésus était le Christ, celui dont les Pères et les Prophètes attendaient dans l'Ancien Testament? Un enfant a répondu: « Il a dû recevoir une vision qui lui révélait cette vérité. C’est là où nous avons commencé notre discussion: Quelle était cette vision? Ses yeux se sont-ils ouverts pour voir les anges et les hôtes célestes qui se hâte du Saint des saints vers le Bébé que Sainte Marie portait en se prosterna avec admiration remplit de joie par Sa venue? Ou peut-être, il vit les anges qui descendirent, comme ce qui est passé à la Nativité du Christ alors qu’ils lui prêchaient alors qu’ils prêchaient les bergers? Ou peut-être il vit trembler Hadès, ainsi que le peuple de Dieu rempli de joie, Le pressant de venir les libérés de leurs chaînes afin de les retourner au Paradis? Quoi qu'il en soit, ses yeux se sont ouverts d'une manière ou d'une autre pour voir ce que ceux qui étaient dans le temple n’ont pas plu voir dans cette époque.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eC'est la fête des yeux ouverts qui voient le merveilleux salut de Dieu!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eMon fils, pourquoi vous privez- vous de me voir? Pourquoi fermez - vous les yeux? Portez- moi Dan's vos bras comme Siméon l'aîné m'a porté, car je désire que vois me quittez jamais mes bras. Voici, ma mère vierge m'a amenée à Siméon l'aîné, et elle désire ardemment me présenter à vous. Slots votre cœur sera rempli de joie céleste et de bonheur inexprimable, et votre vie sera transformée en une fête éternelle qui remplit tout votre être de ma grâce exaltée. - Du Père Tadros Yacoub Malaty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresented by St Shenouda Monastery Sydney Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Fr Tadros Y.Malaty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: St Shenouda Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear: 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 22\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St Shenouda Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44904957313243,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/2168\/8283\/files\/Fetedelapresntation.png?v=1784452659"},{"product_id":"my-holy-week-journal","title":"My Holy Week Journal","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eMy Holy Week Journal : Holy week is filled with events that lead to the cross and resurrection of Jesus. The church lives everyone of these events in the church services throughout the week and with readings and hymns that match the events. One can not help but have personal contemplations or contemplations you hear in sermons throughout the week that are very important to write down for future read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eMy Holy Week Journal gives you the chance to put down these thoughts and contemplations in one book for future reference. This Journal gives the psalm of each hour from Palm Sunday until good Friday with the psalm of the hour. 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These omissions do not mean, of course, that those details were not wondrous and significant, but merely that they are beyond what Divine Wisdom determined as the fitting scope of the Sacred Scriptures. The canonical Gospels, despite their narrative form, are not detailed biographies, but rather eternal and sacred expressions of the Divine Word.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis is where texts such as the Protoevangelium of Saint James step in as they relay other accounts about Jesus and those around Him. The very early traditions which they encapsulate are in no way inconsistent with the canonical Gospels themselves, or the information available from other reliable sources. 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