Patristics and Dogma

  ⸭ Hosanna Sunday (Palm Sunday) A Dogmatic Overview (4)      With the conclusion of the Hosanna Sunday Liturgy and Holy Communion, the Church brings us forward to the voyage of the Passion Week and the Lord’s Redeeming Act for the salvation of the Faithful, through marvelous rites. Through the prayers, lections and hymns the Faithful live the event and come out filled with spirituality and with love for Him who died for us … But before this voyage the church begins a funeral service immediately after the Holy Mass …      The Public Funeral Service:      This service is arranged for those who depart during the Passion Week, because the whole week is for sharing the Passion of the Lord for us . Therefore whenever anybody departs, no funeral is done, but the body of the departed person is brought to the church to attend one hour of the Pascha Prayers.      The church chooses for this service readings that...

  ⸭ Hosanna Sunday (Palm Sunday) A Dogmatic Overview (3)      Having presented the testimony for the Divinity and Humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ and His eternal reign from the Hosanna Sunday Eve and the Matins Procession of the Day, let us move to the Hosanna Sunday Liturgy …      Reading from the Pauline Epistle (Hebrews 9: 11-28): * St. Paul the Apostle speaks about the first old covenant which needed blood of animal sacrifices to be able to enter into the holy places made with hands and need to be purified. Then he compares it with the New Covenant established by the death of Christ and His entry into heaven itself, offering Himself once to bear the sins of many to appear a second time for salvation to those who eagerly wait for Him … He is God Incarnate who died in the flesh, yet He is the Savior who remits all sins …      Reading from the Catholic Epistle (Catholicon) (1 Pet 4: 1-11): *  St. Peter remi...

⸭ Hosanna Sunday (Palm Sunday) A Dogmatic Overview (2)      We have seen how readings and melodies of the Hosanna Sunday Eve highlight the Divinity and Humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now we move to the readings of the Hosanna Sunday to see the Divinity and Humanity of the Lord presented clearly in them, beginning with the Matins Procession.   +      The Divinity and Humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ in the readings from the Gospel, and the fulfillment of the prophecies in Him:      Twelve Gospels are read in the Procession of the Cross on the Hosanna Day. Of course the Psalm read with each Gospel relates to the same occasion, and each Gospel is chosen to be suitable to the place where it is read around the church.      The first reading of the Gospel in the Procession is done in front of the Main Sanctuary, from (John 1: 44-53): +   The testimony of Philip before Nathanael that Jesus Christ is ...