An excerpt from a homily by our beloved Saint, explaining Phil. 4:4-7: “Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to …
Excerpts about fasting from the teachings of St. John Chrysostom, may his prayers be with us, Amen. When the fast makes its appearance, like a kind of spiritual summer, let us as soldiers burnish our weapons, and as harvesters sharpen our sickles, and as sailors order our thoughts against the waves of extravagant desires, and …
Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, Behold, a Virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel.” (Matthew 5:22-23) I Hear many say, “While we are here, and enjoying the privilege of …
This article is the third of a three-part series on John 4. In this Homily 33, St. John Chrysostom discusses John 4:21-27, the meeting of our Lord Jesus Christ with the Samaritan woman. John 4:21-22 – “Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe Me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet …
A contemplation on the passage, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I …
