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A Lot of Joy from God!

Oleksandr Zhabenko 🇬🇧
Glory be to Jesus Christ!
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Dedicated to Emma Kok.

(1 Thessalonians II, 9-14)
1 Thessalonians II:9, 13 - 'ἡμῶν' - 'emon' - 'us' (our). 'ἡμέρας' - 'emeras' - 'day'.

1 Thessalonians II, 11-12 - 'παρακαλοῦντες ὑμᾶς καὶ παραμυθούμενοι καὶ μαρτυρόμενοι' - 'parakalountes ymas kai paramythoumenoi kai martyromenoi' - 'we asked (summoned, entreated, comforted) you, and encouraged you, and testified (called to wisdom)'. This shows how a father can best encourage his child to do something good. We can say that the first one emphasises communication, the second one - motivation, encouragement, inspiration, exhortation, and the third one - authority, wisdom, respect, values. All of these should ideally combine in a truly good father for his child.

1 Thessalonians II, 13 - 'ἡμεῖς' - 'emeis' - 'we'.

The apostle testifies to the selfless behaviour and preaching of the apostles, to their labour to not burden their hearers.

He also goes on to show that the apostles acted like a good father to his children and reminds them that the apostles' preaching is the Word of God working in the faithful, and he testifies to the Thessalonians that they also follow Christ and the prophets, as well as the Church in Israel, which had already suffered persecution from the Jews.

(Luke XIII, 1-9)
Luke XIII, 1 - 'ἔμιξεν' - from 'μιγνυνι' - 'emixen' - 'mixed'.

There is a good commentary on this reading here:
https://www.facebook.com/Oleksandr.S.Zhabenko/

See also:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/15072023.html

To Theotokos:
(Philippians II, 5-11; Luke X, 38-42, XI, 27-28)
For these frequent readings on the feasts in honour of the Mother of God, see here:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/28082023.html

Glory be to Thee, our God, glory be to Thee!

Source;
https://www.facebook.com/Oleksandr.S.Zhabenko/

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