The Apple of my Eye1St Sunday of Hatour 2015

St Augustine The Scriptures are in fact, in any passage you care to choose, singing of Christ, provided we have ears

that are capable of picking out the tune.  The Lord opened the minds of the Apostles so that they understood

the Scriptures.  That he will open our minds too is our prayer.

My Law My son, keep my words,And treasure my commands within you.

Keep my commands and live,And my law as the apple of your eye.

Keep meKeep me as the apple of Your eye;

Hide me under the shadow of Your wings, Ps 17:8

As the apple of his eye

In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded

him as the apple of his eye, Deut 32:10

St Maximus the Confessor

The sacred Scripture, taken as a whole, is like a human being.  The Old

Testament is the body and the New is the soul, the meaning it contains, the

spirit.

Not one word “Behold, this day I am going the way

of all the earth. And you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that

not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word of them

has failed. Jos 23:14

St Basil the Great Comm. On Ps1

 Any part of the Scriptures you like to choose is inspired by God.

The Holy Spirit composed the Scriptures so that in them, as in a

pharmacy open to all souls, we might each of us be able to find the

medicine suited to our own particular illness.

The Almond Tree11 Moreover the word of the Lord

came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I

see a branch of an almond tree.” 12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.” Jer 1:11,12

St. Cyril of Alexandria Christ gave his own body for the

life of all, and makes it the

channel through which life flows

once more into us