Entries by Hiwot M

Peace!

Dear Children of God! how are you? How is the feast of resurrection/Easter/? Hope you have been strong, obedient and good children through it out and reached the holiday of Lord and Savior Jesus Christ rising from the dead.

Little ones! Our Lord did not just rise from the dead but also defeated death and gave us eternal life! Mankind was imprisoned by the Satanic slavery until He Came down, crucified rise from the dead on the third day and liberated him.

It is as well vital to acknowledge that the Lord gave us ever lasting peace affirmed by His Holy words, “peace be with you!”  So then we shall commemorate this and celebrate the holiday of His second resurrection at our Holy Church with our families and beloved ones.

“The True Vine will be cut” (Miracles of Mary)

The true vine our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ came down from the heavens, wore the body of man, walked like one of us, taught His holy words, healed many by His miracles, endured pain and triumphed on the death which came upon humans.

Palm Sabbath

Once upon a Sabbath, the heavenly King, the Lord Who appeared by the flesh of humans through the Birth from one Virgin Mary, came to Jerusalem riding donkey colt. By then, Israelis acclaimed Him by waving palm branches and laying cloaks on the ground in His honor.

The Eighth Month

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church teaching terms the eight month as “Month of Miyazia.” Miyazia is derived from the Geeze word “Mehaze” which means “maturation.”  It refers to “growth, braveness, maturation and seeking for spouse.” On this month, most Ethiopian use to wed and thus it is termed as Miyazia.

Forgiveness

Dear Children of God! How are you? How is life at home, school and your neighborhood in your spiritual life? Hope you are being good children of God and your parents! We also wish you are strong and fasting as much as you can in this fasting season of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ “The Great Lent.”

We have now reached to the seventh week of this fasting season which is known as “Nicodemus.” After that, are Hosanna and the Passion Week, the suffering and crucifixion of our Lord before His resurrection/Tinsaye/.
Little ones, we shall commemorate this season by much prayer, fasting, prostrating (bowing) and alms giving according to our ability. We attend the Holy Church’s order and liturgy especially at “The Passion Week,” and participate on the prayer and prostrating. Ok, good! Now we will proceed to our lesson which is about forgiveness.

Nicodemus

The apostasy era attained many of Lord Jesus Christ’s sermons. Numerous followed Him in admiration of His words and listening to the teachings which endowed eternal life. He thought them about faith, the true religion and real life path. There was a Pharisee and also ruler of the Jews called “Nicodemus” who came to Jesus during the night when it was dark to talk to Him. The reason of his coming at night to the Lord was in avoiding others seeing him speaking to Him.

“Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant” (Matthew 25:23)

The gifts we receive are to be multiplied. They are not to be buried in the ground. About this, Saint Gregory the Great wrote that hiding our talent in the earth, is to use our gifts only for earthly things.

In the time of Lord Jesus, a talent referred to substantial amount of money. The message to us today is that God gives each of us something of considerable value and expects good stewardship and a return on what He has given. Although Jesus speaks to us about money in the Parable of the Talents, He is really talking about something far more important.

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” (Exodus 20:16)

Dear Children of God! How are you? How is your life with your beloved ones? Are you being strong on this fasting occasion? We hope you are fasting as much as you can! May we remind you as well to learn and study well in school and Church education.

When we grow up in the house of God, we will be blessed. Our Lord will endow (give) us wisdom and discerning. We shall become then a good person who helps families, communities and countries. The second semester is coming to an end; Thus you must study hard and score good grades. Good! Now we will proceed to this lesson which is about lying.