hegaveuswhatishis – Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands, U.K.

“And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”” – Mark 1:10-11 . “He descended, at first, over Christ, Who received the Holy Spirit, not for His own sake but for ours, the human kind, as we, by Him and in Him, we are granted grace over grace… And now, we took Christ as our role Model; so let us approach the grace of holy baptism… that God would open for us the gates of heaven, and would send to us the Holy Spirit, who receives us as His children. As God, the Father, addressed Christ, at the time of His holy baptism, as though, by Him and in Him, He received man who is inhabiting the earth, proclaiming in the sweet voice, the sonship of human kind, saying: “You are My beloved Son; In You I am well pleased” (Lk. 3:22).” – St. Cyril the Great #theHolySpirithasdescendedonus #weareHisbeloved #incarnation #HegaveuswhatisHis #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”” – Mark 1:10-11 . “He descended, at first, over Christ, Who received the Holy Spirit, not for …

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