THE BARREN WOMAN GIVES BIRTH
“By Your Nativity, O Most Pure Virgin, / Joachim and Anna are freed from the reproach/disgrace of barrenness (ὀνειδισμοῦ ἀτεκνίας); /...
SINS OF OMISSION
“Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain and are about to die, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God....
THE LESSER SIN OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES
“…He (Pilate) entered his headquarters again and asked Jesus, ‘Where are you from?’ But Jesus gave him no answer. Pilate therefore said...
ACCEPTING HUMAN MINISTRY
“Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized...
A SINLESS LIFE?
"As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was...
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...
SIN IN GOD’S SIGHT
“Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done this evil in your sight: so you are right in your verdict, and justified when you judge.”...
