Sayings from Saints, Elders, and Fathers, St. John Chrysostom / By Orthodox Church Quotes When then [Mary Magdelene] came and said these things, [the disciples] hearing them, draw near with great eagerness to the sepulcher, and see the linen clothes lying, which was a sign of the Resurrec...
And so the Christians from almost day one would trace the Sign of the Cross over their bodies. And so the cathedrals in Europe were cross-shaped. Crosses and crucifixes hang about our necks and adorn our walls. He is the Draw. “…ponder what sin is, and what kind of anguish will ...
Wherefore, if you desire to become equal to the apostles, there is nothing to hinder you. For to have arrived at this virtue only suffices for your not at all falling short of them. Let no one therefore wait for miracles. For though the evil spirit is grieved, when he is driven out ...
Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant which they broke, ...
and celebrated that heritage and foundation. The truths of the faith held by the Fathers, the ancient doctrines they affirmed, were still there and still held true. And I found that so much of what I had always been longing for and searching for was there, even the longings I had never...
Contestability is a sign of life; it is life. The Catholic tradition wisely chose to invoke tradition as its very principle. The scriptures are not the founda- tion of the tradition, their measuring rod, but the effect of the tradition, a product of an oral tradition sustained by people ...
God's "sign" of Four Blood Moons is similar to the "2 minute warning" in football which means the game is nearly over. Just like any trip, you must plan for your trip before you pack your bags and walk out the door. Similarly, as the "Bride of Christ," we too are to begin ...
Sign in Dayton, near the Rhea County corthouse, Tennessee, USA Other states still retained such laws. In 1968 the Supreme Court dismissed an Arkansas one as a quixotic and anachronistic violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution, which both guarantees free speech and forbids the establi...
Jesus made clear the man’s blindness was not because someone sinned, but because it suited His Father’s plan to use this man’s eyes to point a sign toward Jesus’ identity. As you read the rest of the story that is exactly what happened. We must remember that we are, like the di...
That’s a sign for us… the times will be difficult, our trial may be very harsh, but we’ll prevail, and life will blossom forth anew. However, in the near term, we must defend ourselves against “enemies within the gates”. Remember, “Not all that glitters is gold”. In like ...