English Bible Study

الماء الحي – نيافة الأنبا يوحنا by Saint Mary Coptic Orthodox Church, East Brunswick, NJ

الحجر عند القبر – نيافة الأنبا مارتيروس by Saint Mary Coptic Orthodox Church, East Brunswick, NJ

Michael George gives the sermon on the 3rd Sunday of the Holy 50 days concerning the bread of life in Gospel of St. John chapter 6.

Fr. Mina gives the sermon on the 3rd Sunday of the Holy 50 days concerning the bread of life in Gospel of St. John chapter 6.

This week’s proverb marks the last Bible study of the Spring 2024 which shall be resumed in September. As we were led into looking at the impact of wisdom on a wise man’s life. Proverb 10 continues on by showing how a wise son makes his parents glad. Who is the wise son but one who takes all types of lustful temptations and turns them into chances for growth in his spiritual life and fuel for prayer? Such a person, gladdens the heart of God and the hearts of his parents, as he is rescued by his righteousness from death by fleeing from any unjust way of attaining wealth or meeting his desires. Moreover, righteousness is in small things like a small meal made with love under simple ceilings. It is also in one who gathers and doesn't sleep in times of harvest, although times of harvest are difficult and require much work. Those times of harvest are the periods in one’s life when he is able to prostrate, fast, memorize scripture and raise his heart in prayer. These practices are what save and what is kept in one’

Fr. Benjamin gives the sermon on the gospel of Thomas Sunday concerning the character of Thomas, his doubt, and how our Lord dealt with and healed this doubt.

Fr. Mark gives the sermon on the gospel of Thomas Sunday, concerning Thomas, his doubt, and how our Lord healed and dealt with him.

The Resurrection reenactment as prayed by Fr. Kyrillos Said, Fr. Morcos Habib, Dr. George Doss, George Tadros, Dr. Thomas Doss, and Daniel Doss.

Fr. Benjamin gives the sermon on the eve of Great Friday. He speaks about the New Covenant, what it means to us as Orthodox Christians and the love of God for humanity.

Fr. Marcos gives the sermon on the eve of Covenant Thursday.

Fr. Kyrillos gives the sermon on Wednesday Eve of Pascha, he speaks about the parable of the 5 wise and 5 foolish virgins and relates it to the life of prayer. He speaks about what prayer is, its necessity in the life of repentance, and our obstacles to it.

Fr. Mina gives the sermon on the eve of Tuesday, he continues the theme of repentance and focuses on 7 main points to help us enter into the narrow gate.

Fr. Mauritius gives the sermon on the eve of Monday of the Holy Pascha. He speaks about the two main events on Monday, the cursing of the fig tree and the cleansing of the temple. He also warns against hypocrisy.

Fr. Benjamin gives the sermon on Palm Sunday

Fr. Kyrillos gives the sermon on Palm Sunday.

Fr. Mauritius gives the sermon on the 6th Sunday of Lent concerning the blind man in John 9.

Fr. Mark gives the sermon on the 6th Sunday of Lent concerning the blind man in John 9.

Fr. Benjamin gives the sermon on the 5th Sunday of Lent concerning the paralyzed man.

Fr. Mina gives the sermon on the 5th Sunday of Lent concerning the paralyzed man.

The proverb starts off by stating that Wisdom has slaughtered her meat and mixed her wine. What is the meat or blood if they are not the very body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ? Who has prepared for us a meal of love, that we may enter into the eternal heavenly Kingdom with Him. Fr. Mina emphasizes that those who await their entrance into eternity in order to experience heaven, waste their effort because truly heaven is already within us. Wisdom cries out from the highest, inviting all to dine with her, while saying that the awareness of the Lord’s presence is the beginning of wisdom. Foolishness, adversely, uses the same words wisdom does to invite people over, but while mislabeling things in order to seduce its hearers. All sin can provide is a false reality that stems from lusts and desires that do not exist.