Category: Contemplations

“So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.” 2Kings5:14 . “Be purified in water, and then you will have a share of that purity which is most …

“I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins.” Isaiah 43:25 . “Repentance is the gateway to mercy which is open to all who seek it. By way of this gate we enter into Divine mercy, and apart from this entrance one cannot …

The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” John 5:7 . For what man of those who struggle with long poverty or who are nailed to a grievous disease, will not, …

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? Luke 15:4 . . I shall recall the straying; I shall seek the lost. Whether they wish it or not, I …

“For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.”” – Hebrews 12:6 . “The soul does not return to God unless it is taken from the world. When the soul is strongly attached to the de- sires of the world, that are liable to defile and destroy it, nothing brings …