Category: Contemplations

“Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”” – John 3:3 . “It is possible to rephrase the Lord’s words as follows:’ If you are not born again and if you do not receive fellowship with the Spirit within …

“As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.” John 6:57 . “Receive daily what profits you daily. So live, that each day you may be worthy to receive (the Holy Mysteries); he who is not worthy to receive each …

“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 …