Our Gospel reading today is the story of two resurrections. On the way to raise from the dead the daughter of Jairus, Jesus stopped to raise to life a woman who had no life.... Miracles are signs, they are reminders that Jesus is on the way to resurrection, and on the way once in a …
The Wine of Compassion
In 1334 Saint Gregory Palamas experienced a vision. In the vision he was carrying a vessel overflowing with milk, but the milk then turned into the finest wine. A youth appeared and rebuked Gregory for not sharing the wine with others and reminded him of the parable of the talents (cf. Matt. 25:14–30). Palamas interpreted the vision to mean …
A Sabbath for the whole world
The great Moses mystically prefigured this present day when he wrote: "And God blessed the seventh day." For this is the blessed Sabbath, this is the day of rest, on which the only-begotten Son of God rested from all his works... Except he really didn't rest. Though his body lay in a tomb, in spirit …
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