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 …
In the evening of the last Thursday, Maundy Thursday, when the Lord Christ was on His way to Gethsemane, then to trial and crucifixion, He said to the Father as if reporting His ministry on earth, “I have glorified You on the earth.” The Lord Christ – at the end of His Incarnation period on …
Death is an alien and a stranger to humanity. When God created man, He formed him for life; He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being. God wished him life and perpetuity, but man’s choice was inclined towards sin. Man thus brought death upon himself as a result …
