+  Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!       “For such a person whose entire life centers on the Resurrection and future blessings, every insult and scourging and persecution and other sufferings leading up to the cross are all pleasure and refreshment and surety of heavenly treasures. For...

+       A palm appears rough at the bottom, but at the top it displays its beauty and the sweetness of its fruit. For this reason, it is rightly compared to the stature of any faithful soul that endures rough labors for the Lord on earth below but hopes...

+       Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him.” (John 5:5) Here again is another difficulty. Was it not possible that the glory of God be shown without this man’s punishment [of blindness]. Certainly, it was possible for...