Sunday of the Samaritan Woman Photini, the Samaritan woman thought she had truth because her people worshipped on Mt. Gerizim and lived near the Well of Jacob. However, God’s promise to bring salvation to all nations doesn’t come through a
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To Relinquish Our Egos
Healing Weaknesses
Sunday of the Paralytic Today’s passage has often been understood as Christ healing a “sick” man, the paralytic. If understood in this way, it points to our healing in Christ. However, the Greek word used for sick, ἀσθενέω, actually means
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Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women On this Sunday, we remember both Joseph of Arimathea, who asked for the body of Christ, and the Myrrh-Bearing women, who went to the tomb to anoint the body. Both these stories are a test
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Thomas Sunday In the Old Testament, the forgiveness of sins–our release from slavery to “Pharaoh”–came about through animal sacrifice in the early Jerusalem temple, which is where God’s glory–his presence on earth–resided. However, St. John insists that God’s glory is
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