What did the Psalmist say about the Church?

The answer

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters” (Ps. 23:1–2). The Church is the “green pasture” where our heavenly Christ nurtures us. St. John Chrysostom says, “Each of us has a flock that he leads to green pastures.”⁹⁴⁹

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

⁹⁴⁹ St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew 77.6. (NPNF I/10:450).

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.