THE HUMBLING CROSS OF DISUNITY
“For there must be also divisions among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.” (1 Cor 11: 19) Just yesterday...
ON THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM
“Jesus said, ‘Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands,...
HER CROSS-CARRYING JOY
“The Archangel was sent from Heaven to cry 'Rejoice!' to the Theotokos. And beholding You, O Lord, taking bodily form, he stood in awe,...
MID-LENTEN COMPLACENCY
“Before Your Cross we bow down, O Master, and Your holy Resurrection we glorify.” (Byzantine Hymn of the Cross, chanted on the 4th week...
THE WAY OF PEACE
“…And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Highest: for you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; To give...
THE WORD OF THE CROSS
“For Christ did not send me to baptize but to proclaim the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be...
CROSS-CARRYING LOVE
“Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, ‘Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and...
