“Christians must forgive others from the heart, describing this as the place where God’s love and mercy are revealed

“Let us ask the Panagia to teach us to bring more Christ into our lives

“Let us be filled with Christ!

“However much we may avoid this thought, each of us is moving towards the day when we will leave this world. But the Christian does not ask only: How will I die? The far more important question is: How do I live before I die?

“And through these words, she also tells us to do what the Saviour Jesus Christ teaches us in the Gospel. Thus, the entire life of the Mother of God is defined by humility and by great concern for everything taking place around her, but she is not absent. She is always present in the midst of Christians.

“in the Church everyone – from the highest hierarchical ministry to the layperson – is united by the love of Christ, and that each person is a bearer of the grace of the Holy Spirit, which does not dwell in a person automatically but is given in response to a pious life.

“All people are created in the image of God, but only those who live in communion with Him through prayer and fulfil His will by being good and merciful attain likeness to God