FAITH SIMPLIFIES THINGS
“After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, ‘Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very...
HIS WAY OF SEEING
“Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own transgressions, and not to judge (κατακρίνειν, condemn) my brother, for blessed are You,...
BY PRAYER AND FASTING
“And one of the crowd answered him, ‘Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; and wherever it seizes him, it dashes...
PASSING FROM DEATH TO LIFE
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; he does not come into judgment, but has...
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...
WHEN GOD INTERRUPTS
“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name...
COVERING MY FATHER’S NAKEDNESS
“Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard. He drank some of the wine and became drunk, and he lay uncovered in his...
DISRUPTED TRAVEL PLANS
“Since, then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession....
THE MIND SET ON THE FLESH
“You, O Christ God, Who tasted death in the flesh for our sake at the ninth hour, put to death the mind set on our flesh, and save me!”...
FINDING BY LOSING
“Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the...
