Happy Feast of Annunciation. . “Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” Luke 1:38 . St. Ambrosios says, “she describes herself as the hand-maid of the Lord, even though she has been chosen a mother to Him. The promise that has been fulfilled did …
“but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 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 5:3-5 . “Consider how great the things to come are, …
“1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the gate a sheep pool, which is surnamed in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these was lying a great multitude of the infirm, blind, lame, withered, awaiting the moving of the water. …
