GROWTH THROUGH PAIN
“Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed...
ALLEGORY & THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE
“Rejoice, star that shows forth the sun… Rejoice, heavenly ladder by which did God Himself descend…” (From the Akathist-Hymn to the...
FELLOWSHIP OF THE WEAK & THE STRONG
“…Then Peter and the other disciple (John) set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran...
WRITTEN FOR US
“For whatever things were written before were written for our instruction, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures...
EMPTY PRIDE
“He has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the...
ASKING FOR WISDOM
“In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night: and God said, ‘Ask what I shall give you.” (And Solomon replies:)...
SOLITUDE
“And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone…” (Mt 14:23)...
SPEAKING FROM THE HEART
“A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in...
UNNOTICEABLE GROWTH
“He put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the...
SEEING “THE OTHERS”
“Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, ‘Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way. For as I went...
