Daily Reflection

“…Thus he spoke, and then he said to them, ‘Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go

“Rejoice, O un-wedded (without-a-bridegoom) Bride! / Χαίρε, Νύμφη Α-νύμφευτε. / Радуйся, Невесто не-невестная.” (Refrain, Akathist-Hymn of the Theotokos)

“Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It

“Who has wrought and done these things? He has called her (αὐτὴν) who called her (αὐτὴν) from the

“The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, ‘Lift up your eyes, and look from

“Now the whole earth had one language and few words. And as men migrated from the east, they

“Noah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard; and he drank of the wine,

“…And Mary said to the angel, ‘How shall this be, since I have no husband?’ And the angel

“Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. So he came to a certain place and

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not