ASKING FOR HELP
“O God, be attentive unto helping me; O Lord, make haste to help me.” (Ps 69/70:1) Sometimes I forget to ask God for help. I get...
POWER IN WEAKNESS
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more...
HAVE MERCY
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.” (Mt 5:7) The word “mercy” is so often mentioned in Byzantine church-services,...
SELF-GIVING IS HEALING
“That evening they brought to him many who were possessed with demons; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and cured all who were...
MEETING CHRIST
“And it had been revealed to (Simeon) by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. So he came by...
THE LEARNING NEVER STOPS
“Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your statutes.” (Ps 118/119: 12) If I make at least a small effort to keep my focus on God, to listen...
RE-DEFINING "SUCCESS"
“But Jesus called them and said to them, ‘You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them,...
FRIENDSHIP
“That day Herod and Pilate became friends--before this they had been enemies.” (Lk 23:12) This passage, which relates how Herod and...
WALKING THROUGH FEAR
“When he had stopped speaking, he said to Simon (Peter), ‘Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.’ But Simon...
DEALING WITH DIFFERENCE
“…when you come together in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must also be...
