St. John Chrysostom
So, what does Jesus do? He does something He never did before. In all the other cases He complied with the petitioners’ requests. But here He Himself forestalls the centurion’s wish and promises not only to heal the servant, but also to come to his house.
Fr. Lawrence Farley
Christ had compassion on the sinful woman, as He has compassion on all. We must at least try to see others as they are so that we might share with them Christ’s compassion.
Nikolaos Sotiropoulos
I turned around and saw him. He was tall, with small, round eyes and slight wrinkles in the corner. His beard covered his neck, and from there it divided into three parts. It was black and a little curly.
Samuel Noble
The image of the churches harmoniously fitting together as the parts of the body whose sole head is Christ is a key image for Peter’s ecclesiology.
Anton Pospelov
On the eve of the commemoration day of St. Sergius of Radonezh, we asked readers to share their stories about miraculous help from the Abbot of the Russian Land.
