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Faith Q&A › Catechism › 2. The Life of Prayer

How can we gain the wisdom and understanding we need to manage our lives?

The answer

St. Justin Martyr says, “But pray that, above all things, the gates of light may be opened to you; for these things cannot be perceived or understood by all, but only by the man to whom God and His Christ have imparted wisdom.”101

St. Dionysius the Areopagite says, “That is why we must begin with a prayer before everything we do, but especially when we are about to talk of God.”102

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

101 St. Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho 7 (ANF 1:198).

102 St. Dionysius the Areopagite (Pseudo-Dionysius), “The Divine Names” in Pseudo-Dionysius: The Complete Works, trans., C. Luibheid (Paulist Press, 1987) 3.1: p. 68.

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volumes 1 and 2, Books 1–7. 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.