+ He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy, as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to His seed forever” (Luke 1:54-55). When blessed Mary was making mention of the fathers, she properly represented them by naming Abraham in particular. Although many of...
+ In short, man[kind] is the object of God’s visitations. The Lord, “who alone fashions the hearts of men” (Ps. 33:15), looks down “upon all the inhabitants of the earth” (Ps. 33:14) and surveys their works. From the very first moment of Adam’s fall, God sought after the...
+ As far as the statement of Zacharias is concerned, For your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, we must not be of the opinion that the high priest who had gone in to pray for the people suddenly changed his...
+ “Let us not pass over the very great condescension of our Master and Redeemer, who not only willed to become incarnate for us but also willed to become incarnate at a time when soon after His birth He would be inscribed in the report of a census....
+ “To be healed, a patient must be touched, and humanity had to be touched by Christ. It was not in heaven, but only through the Incarnation that humanity could be healed.” — St. Gregory of Nyssa. Church Announcements: Men’s Meeting: The next Men’s Meeting will be Thursday,...
+ Be assured that God does not need anything of ours. Rather, we stand in need of all things from Him. Thus our thanksgiving adds nothing to Him, but causes us to be nearer to Him…For this reason even the awesome Mysteries, so full of that great salvation,...
+ “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside… (Luke 8:5) Who went out? He Who is always ever sowing. The Son of God never ceases to sow in our souls. Not only by His teaching, but by all...
+ Do you see how the Lord, pitying the widow [of Naim] mourning her son, did not just use consoling words to her but helped her through His actions? As far as we are able, we too should do the same, and not be sympathetic to those who...
+ Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw (Matt. 12:22). When Jesus left the synagogue…then the whole world was offered to Him in one man. He was a...
+ “Lord,” Peter answered, “we have fished all night and have caught nothing.” Perhaps if St. Peter had caught some little fish, Jesus would not have performed the miracle, but he had nothing, so Jesus soon filled his net in such a way as almost to break it. This is...
