THE TRUE LIGHT
“O Christ, the True Light, Who enlightens and sanctifies anyone who comes into the world: Let the light of Your countenance be signed...
BLIND CERTAINTY
“So for the second time they (the Pharisees) called the man who had been blind, and they said to him, ‘Give glory to God! We know that...
BLESSED BROKENNESS
“And he took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of...
FROM “TOLERANCE” TO ACCEPTANCE
“We who are strong ought to bear/tolerate (βαστάζειν) the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Each of us must please our...
PATIENCE
“In your patience possess/acquire your souls.” (Lk 21: 19) What is patience? It is the power to wait. In Greek the word “patience,”...
IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH
“The (Samaritan) woman said to him, ‘Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and you say that in...
HIS UNTRADITIONAL CHOICES
“Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, ‘He told me all that I ever did.’ So when the...
LIBERATING CONFESSION
“Jesus said to her (the Samaritan woman), ‘Every one who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I...
HE CROSSES THE LINE
“So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and so Jesus,...
IT IS ALL GOOD
“It is good for me that I have been afflicted (Septuagint version: that you have humbled me, ὅτι ἐταπείνωσάς με); that I might learn your...
