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Unveil my Eyes (Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos)

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The cure of the blind man in Jericho is the last miracle Saint Luke relates before Christ’s entry into Jerusalem and His path towards His Passion. And it may be no coincidence that on Great Friday the hymnographer puts into Christ’s mouth the bitter complaint which begins: ‘My people, what have I done to you? How have I wearied you? I gave light to your blind…What have I done to you and how have you repaid me?’ . The solid food of pain Christ was crucified for blind, poor and ungrateful humankind. This is why He came: to give light to the blind and enrich us with the inexhaustible treasures of His gifts. He didn’t impose these gifts on us, however. You ...

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Glory and riches (Saint Nicholas Velimirovich)

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‘Guard your heart’ These words have been said at various times in the past by experienced ascetics. The basic thing is the following. The human heart is the same: its hunger and thirst are one and the same and nothing can satisfy it to saturation except the glory, the power and the riches of God.

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