““Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven…” (Matthew 7:21.)
In commenting on this verse from today’s Gospel, Saint John Chrysostom writes:
“He said “whoever does the will of my Father” shall enter, not whoever does my will. Why? Nothing is insufficient if they do the will of the Father. What he did say was itself a very difficult thing to accept in view of their weakness. He implied that to do his Father’s will is to do his will. There is no other willing of the Son than the will of the Father. This may apply in particular to those who commit themselves in detail to legal rules1 yet take little thought for the actual embodiment of their better intentions.”(The Gospel of Matthew,, Homily 24.1)
Collect
O God,
Who made the Bishop Saint Cyril of Alexandria
an invincible champion of the
divine motherhood of the most Blessed Virgin Mary,
grant, we pray, that we,
who believe She is truly the Mother of God,
may be saved through the
Incarnation of Christ Your Son.
Who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Who made the Bishop Saint Cyril of Alexandria
an invincible champion of the
divine motherhood of the most Blessed Virgin Mary,
grant, we pray, that we,
who believe She is truly the Mother of God,
may be saved through the
Incarnation of Christ Your Son.
Who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Glory to the Father
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen
