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Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee

You speak to God Who knows all things.  Await the decree of the Judge.  None of those skilled in the practice of wrestling ever crowns himself; nor does any man receive the crown of himself, but awaits the summons of the arbiter.  Lower your pride, for arrogance is both accursed and hated by God.  Although, […]

You speak to God Who knows all things.  Await the decree of the Judge.  None of those skilled in the practice of wrestling ever crowns himself; nor does any man receive the crown of himself, but awaits the summons of the arbiter.  Lower your pride, for arrogance is both accursed and hated by God.  Although, therefore, you fast with puffed up mind, your so doing will not avail you; your labor will be unrewarded; for you have mingled dung with your perfume.  Even according to the law of Moses a sacrifice that had a blemish was not capable of being offered to God; for it was said unto him, ‘Of sheep, and ox, that is offered for sacrifice, there must be no blemish therein.  Since therefore, your fasting is accompanied by pride, you must expect to hear God saying, This is not the fast that I have chosen…You offer tithes, but you wrong in another way Him Who is honored by you, in that you condemn men generally.  This is an act foreign to the mind that fears God. ~St. Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary on the Gospel of St. Luke

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