Sunday of the Canaanite Woman
(Matt.15, 21-28) Humility holds the door of God’s mercy open In today’s gospel reading, we find a woman in great need: her daughter is horribly demon-possessed. In […]
(Matt.15, 21-28) Humility holds the door of God’s mercy open In today’s gospel reading, we find a woman in great need: her daughter is horribly demon-possessed. In […]
You are asked to follow without hypocrisy. He would deceive his bishop who can see, would also disrespect the Lord who is invisible. I pray you work to fulfill […]
It was as though Zaccheus and Christhad a secret communion. As though a secret code was working between them. Immediately Zaccheus, without forgetting the great condescension that the Lords howed him (ashe […]
(Luke 7, 5-15 ) Human beings chose the life of sin, of pain, of suffering, but … Which person does not feel as though his life […]
That which from a human perspective cannot happen, God will make it happen The rich young man approaches the Lord and asks what he can […]
Where your treasure is, there is your heart The gospel reading stresses: “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth … but lay up for yourselves […]
This is where the king is To escape from a foreign land and find our true home, where we can connect directly with God, we need to enter […]
(Luke 10, 25-37) I love my neighbour like I love myself It is God’s commandment for us to love him with our whole selves. Therefore, […]
I met Irakli Gogoladze in Samtavro Monastery. Out of the blue this young man of about twenty-five walked up to me and said, “You know, Elder Gabriel worked a […]
Praying for someone in need It is better to pray with reverence for someone, than to provide advice and critique for every problem that this person may have. […]