“The Power to be Freed”. We have a number of guests speakers to speak to us on a number of topics. We start with the Gospel Reflection on St John 11:1-45, where it reminds us the Lord Jesus saying, “I am the Resurrection and the Life”, for He is the Author of Life and has authority over life and death. In the Woman of Faith segment Carol Akladious leads us in sharing about Mother Susan of the 6th Century. George Iskander shares with us on “self esteem: what does this mean for me as a Christian’?. Fr Moses walks us through “what does Christ do to encourage our self esteem (from the gospels)? How can we learn from His example?”. A topic present by a number of people on: “How can we encourage one another” is presented by a gender and generational responses from a woman’s perspective in Karen who will share with us her view, and Mark Yostos will share with us his view from a man’s perspective. The gender divide is shown here, their reflection shows the difference in gender, and how gender deals with this matter much differently. More differently, is the generational difference in school students views with David and Merna. In all, this is a beautiful segment to show a broad range understanding in gender and intergeneration. Our segment reflects, what do you do when you get hurt. We all treat this matter alot different, …pending our experience, resilience and ability to forgive, and difference in gender and the difference in generation. We will hear from another school student, Marya on “When I am hurt: where do I go to for healing?” We are very blessed to have Voices of Children produced and recorded by Naomi Tadros from the Sunday school of St Cosman and Sr Demain on “loving their parents – and why I love my parents” The answers of children provide wonderful memory of our childhood….O Lord, help us to return our hearts to a state of innoence. We welcome Fr Kyrillos Farag to the program where he will share with us an in-depth discussion on, “overcoming anger and wrath” . Fr Kyrillos Farag gives us a sound framework on how we are able to overcome anger and wrath….one easy solution he …provides is to invite God into your life…to allow the Holy Spirit to effectively work in your life. Overall, Father Kyrillos gives a positive framework for us to consider. Welcome Fr Kyrillos Farag to the team. We continue our Bible Reflection on Psalm 119: 81-88. Be reassured that God love us and cares for us, and carry our weak state as we dint for Christ’s salvation and mercy in our lives. The love of the Apostolic Fathers is shared by Fr David in addressing “Self Esteem: Brief views taken from the Apostolic Fathers”. And finally Fr Shenouda narrates the a portion of the Desert Fathers of St. Neilos the Ascetic who was an abbot of a monastery near Ankyra (Ankara) in the early decades of the fifth century, some of his discourse of his life taken from the Philokalia.
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