7/31/2019 Weekly Sermon

1/4

(. , 2 - 12)

Some think that the Old Testament is stricter thanthe New, but they judge wrongly; they are foolingthemselves. The old law did not punish the desireto hold onto wealth; it punished theft. But now therich man is not condemned for taking the propertyof others; rather, he is condemned for not giving hisown property away. (St Gregory the Great)

EEPPIISSTTLLEE RREEAADDIINNGG(1 Cor. 9: 2 - 12)

BBUULLLLEETTIINN OOFF SSPPIIRRIITTUUAALL EEDDIIFFIICCAATTIIOONN

19th August 2012

. No. 1245

19 2012

. . 1245

7/31/2019 Weekly Sermon

2/4

RREESSUURRRREECCTTIIOONN AAPPOOLLYYTTIIKKIIOONN2nd Mode

(. , 23-35) GGOOSSPPEELL RREEAADDIINNGG(Matt. 18:23-35)

You do not wish to be forgiven as much as He desires toforgive you If you want proof that you do not desire it,consider that you have no wish to practice vigils or to give

your money freely: but He, in order to forgive our sins, didnot spare His Only-Begotten Son(St John Chrysostom).

7/31/2019 Weekly Sermon

3/4

!

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts(St John Chrysostom)

7/31/2019 Weekly Sermon

4/4