Historically, this is the day of baptism of catechumens and of reconciliation of those who had repented of sins they had committed; this is the awaited day. Choosing it as a day for baptism and reconciliation is associated with the phronema of the Church who had received that the greatest grace which renews people is ...
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The Holy Week
Arise, Let Us Go
In Jesus’ farewell sermon (John 13:31-17:26), I have been frequently struck by the last word in the fourteenth chapter: “arise, let us go from here”. Did Jesus intend, with this word, to conclude a part of a speech he had already started in one place, and completed in another? What we do know is that ...
Read moreThe Raising of Lazarus
The raising of Lazarus is a disclosure of the journey of triumph, which Jesus had achieved by His Death and Resurrection. This is manifested in the feast prayers as they state that Christ, “by raising Lazarus from the dead, did confirm the universal Resurrection”. This means that, when Jesus stood before Lazarus’ tomb and called ...
Read moreThe Gift of Pascha
At the beginning of this Great Week, the Church chooses for us biblical texts that remind us of what She had said, on the first day of the fast, about the end times. Why is the end being mentioned both at the beginning and the end? The Great Lent is one whole which tells that ...
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