“Emotional Union in the Concept of Marriage Union” in the Wednesday’s Sermon of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, delivered his weekly sermon in the meeting of Wednesday 22 June 2022, from St. Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria, in Egypt; in the presents of a number of church’s pontiffs, the sermon was also broadcast on Christian satellite channels, The Official Website of the Coptic Orthodox Church and C.O.C channel of the Church’s media center on the Internet.
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II continued the new educational series, “The Concept of the Marriage Union” as a basis for building a holy Christian family, where he dealt with the fifth chapter of the Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians, which is read in the wreath prayers (the Sacred Sacrament of Marriage), and referred to the second concept of the marital union, which is emotional union.
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II began by explaining the journey of emotion in man from childhood to adolescence to youth, with the importance of the hidden and preserved emotion of “Keep yourself pure” (1 Timothy 5:22), through the five human needs:
Biological (physical) needs: food, drink, housing,…
Psychological needs: encouragement, safety, freedom,…
Mental needs: education, reading, travel to acquire knowledge…
Social needs: belonging to the community and the country,
Spiritual needs: God, immortality…
His Holiness also referred to the types of love:
Eros (Lust Love)
Phyllo (Social Love)
Aghapy (Spiritual Love)
“That he might bring it to himself a glorious church, having no spot or wrinkle, or something like that” (Ephesians 5:27).
His Holiness highlighted the importance of the art of making the others happy by satisfying human needs through:
Time: expresses a true need and personal appreciation
Sweet words: that fill a person with strength
Gifts: by giving what the other likes
Surprises that revive life: a trip, a visit, an interview
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