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Annunciation to Communion

10:38 02.05.2026

Annunciation to Communion

The commemoration of the Last Supper and the first Holy Communion falls on the day of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary [the year 1882 when the Reflections were written]. What a great coincidence! We take Communion of the true Body and true Blood of Christ, Body and Blood which …

The End of His Earthly Sojourn

10:57 01.05.2026

The End of His Earthly Sojourn

The Lord is silent on Wednesday, all the way until Friday matins when we will hear Him pouring out His word before the disciples [Jn., ch.14-17], a word similar to nothing written before, not only in the human but also in the divine scriptures. But today the Church ordained that …

Hearts Moved by the Gospel

11:59 30.04.2026

Hearts Moved by the Gospel

Today all the people, the priests and Jewish leaders hear the Lord speaking in the Temple for the last time. And He spoke just about everything; His words embraced the past, present and future. His question about the baptism of St. John the Forerunner [Mt. 21:23-27] demonstrates that He is …

Going to Suffer with the Lord

11:14 29.04.2026

Going to Suffer with the Lord

The Lord is going to willful passions; we ought to follow Him. This is a duty of anyone who owes his present being to the power of Christ’s passion, of anyone who hopes to attain through them to something so great and glorious that it cannot be imagined by mere …

Transformation No Surprise

11:38 28.04.2026

Transformation No Surprise

The whole city was out meeting the Lord at his solemn, royal entry into Jerusalem; the whole city was greeting him, cry ing: “Hosanna to the Son of David!" [Mt. 21:9]. But barely four days later the same people with the same voices shouted: “Crucify Him, crucify Him!" [Lk. 23:21]. …

Raising of the Spirit

11:44 27.04.2026

Raising of the Spirit

If you have your Martha who is diligently working — that is, a desire to do good to everyone, in every way, — and your Mary who is sitting at the feet of Jesus — that is, a sincere and warm love of the Lord with your whole heart, — …

Bottom Line of Lent

10:27 26.04.2026

Bottom Line of Lent

Forty days of Lent are over! In just nine days — coming Saturday, Sunday and the Holy Week — we will reach the great Feast of Lord’s Resurrection. Now is the time to sit down and figure out the bottom line: what we had at the beginning and what we …

Heart Under Control

10:20 25.04.2026

Heart Under Control

“Hear thou, my son. and be wise, and guide thine heart in the straight way" [Pr. 23:19]. Our heart is a source of a continuous flow of thoughts, sometimes benign, but more often evil. Never allow evil thoughts to guide you; but benign thoughts should not always be followed either: …

Fast which He Has Chosen

11:48 24.04.2026

Fast which He Has Chosen

“Cry aloud, — says the Lord to the holy prophet Isaiah, — spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew My people their transgression". What wrong have they done? “They seek Me daily... they take delight in approaching to God". Is it a sin? Should they not …

Make the Lord Hear You

11:09 23.04.2026

Make the Lord Hear You

“Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard" [Pr. 21:13]. And how often we wonder why the Lord does not heed to our prayers! Here is why: has it never occured that we stopped our ears at the …

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