Category: Contemplations

“Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: “This people honours Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.” – Mark 7:6 If the Saviour has criticised those Pharisees, for their care for outer appearances, and not for inner essence; it is fitting for us, Christians, to have a …

“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, …