The entry to Jerusalem was a liturgical act; it was the entry into the great holy city of Israel by her rightful King and welcomed by the people as the fulfilling of national hope. Yet it is also proved to be a great disappointment.

Fr. Gregory preaches on the raising of Lazarus from the dead and the significance of the power of the Logos to create life.

In this final sermon on the Beatitudes, Fr. Gregory says that persecution can be an occasion of great blessedness.

We sometimes approach God and say, “I want you to do whatever I ask.” Does it work?

The great theme of Lent is repentance. That is the turning of our minds and hearts to God. The fact is that we can only do this through the work of Christ. He is the great Peace-Maker; He makes our repentance possible by His reconciling work.

The Theotokos stands for the whole biblical way of looking at the relationship between God and His creation as a mystery of LOVE.

Psalm 1 and the Beatitudes both seek to understand the challenging question, ‘Who will be blessed and what does it mean to be blessed?’

The Cross turns all our expectations on their heads; this is God, who is also fully human, suffering and showing utter love to His creatures.

This is the fulfilment of our divine vocation on earth ... to be the people of the covenant, ever relating to the trustworthy God with loving faith and to all people with that very self-same love with which He both loves us and loves all.

We each would like to be close to Our Lord Jesus Christ, but when we see many others gathered around Him we are not sure how to place ourselves in a situation in which we, just like the sick man, can be close to Jesus Christ.