Category: Contemplations

“If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all. Then He took a little child and set him in the midst of them. And when He had taken him in His arms, He said to them: ‘Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; …

“Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” Romans 5:5 . “That God may be loved, the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts, not by the free choice whose spring is in ourselves but …

“But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. “And at midnight a cry was heard: “Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’ Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, “Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going …

“This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.” – 2 John 1:6 . “Obeying God’s commandments makes us resemble God, not in being eternal, but in being kind and loving as He said, “Be merciful just …