Fr Georgios Lekkas: The Passion of Self-Sufficiency

What primarily separates us from Christ is our self-sufficiency. Self-sufficiency is the defining trait of the Pharisee, whose love for wealth can be explained by the fact that wealth further increases his self-sufficiency.

Fr Georgios Lekkas: THE PEOPLE OF GOD AND THE PEOPLE OF THE LAW

There are people of the Law, and there are people of God. People of the Law love the Law more than they love others, while people of God live out the Law of Love through their deep love for God and for others. In truth, people of the Law do not truly love anyone, not even themselves; they merely follow the Law to quieten their own conscience. Fundamentally divided, their adherence to the ‘letter’ of the Law simply allows them to endure their own inner division.

Archpriest Dr Georgios Lekkas: The Purpose of Miracles

The accounts of Jesus's miracles in the Gospels seek to teach us how we should approach Jesus Christ in order to receive from Him what we most need.

Everyone who sought healing from the Lord, whether for themselves or for their loved ones, had reached a point of utter despair. They had exhausted every means, and nothing or no one could help them. Yet, in their absolute helplessness—a form of emptiness reminiscent of the kenosis (self-emptying) of the God-Man Jesus—they did not let the darkness of despair consume them. Instead, they set in motion the one thing they had left: their freedom to turn, with all the strength of their devastated souls, to the God-Christ.