الانبا سوريال يعاود اطلالاته على الفيسبوك بنشر محاضرات سابقة له..ومحتفظا بلقب اسقف ملبورون

ينشر موقع اقباط امريكا , عودة اطلالات الانبا سوريال على صفحته على التواصل الاجتماعى مخاطبا , الاصدقاء عليها , بانه سينشر محاضراتو سبق ان القاها فى فترات ماضية

الملفت انه احتفظ بلقب اسقف ملبورون , وهو اشارة منه بعودته, بينما لم يعرف بعد قرار لجنة الايبرااشيات التى عقدت قبل ايام لبحث موضوعها , ومازال الانتظار والترقب لموعد ابريل القادم الذى اعلنه قداسة البابا تواضروس باعلان القرار النهائى بشانه

اليكم نص ماقاله , والمحاضرة

you from sermons I have given in various places whether within the Diocese of Melbourne or abroad. The first one that I will share over several days was preached at St Mark Parish in Manhattan, NY.

Sermon on Matthew 12:22-37
The Healing of the Demon-Possessed, Blind and Mute Man

The Power of Words

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

I want to speak to you this morning about the power of words. Words that we utter with our tongues can have the power to edify the listeners and to transform people’s lives and other words uttered with the same tongue can have the power to kill the person listening to them.

Listen to what Saint James says, “For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.” (James 3:2-12)

To be continued…

+Suriel
Bishop of Melbourne