Gospel Reading of St Mark Chapter 8, Verses 34, till Chapter 9: Verses 2 [34] And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. [35] For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever …
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2nd Sunday of Lent, Mark 2: 1-12; Heb 1:10-14, 2:1-3. St Gregory Palmas.
In this Gospel story, the paralytic man was hoping his illness would be cured. And so were the four men, wishing from their compassionate hearts that the man suffering from paralysis would be cured. They had come to the house in Capernaum where Jesus was preaching in. No matter what it took, they wanted earnestly to participate at the …
Read More »1st Sunday of Lent, Sunday of Orthodoxy Jn: 1:44-52; Heb 11: 24-26, 32-40
The first Sunday of the Great Fast is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy. On this day, the holy Church commemorates the victory of Orthodoxy over heresies. As a loving guide, the Church invites its faithful children to venerate and honour in piety the holy Icons of the Saviour, the Mother of God, the Saints, and to contemplate the wisdom behind …
Read More »Sunday Before Epiphany: Mark 1:1-8; 2 Timothy 4:5-8
We as Christians have just received a new life which is that of God who has come into this world as one of us, in order to cleanse and save us by showing the way of salvation. In the same way that Christ and His Incarnation was foretold by the Prophets of old so also, St. John the Forerunner had …
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ModeOfLife Become love as God exhorts us, for this is the true starting point for changing your life and the world. For it is love that will bring respect, justice and equity into the world, not our personal opinion of what justice or equity is.