John the Baptist Exalts ChristThe One from Heaven“He must increase, but I must decrease,” John 3:30 This Sunday, the Gospel is taken from John 3:22-36. In this passage, there was an argument between the disciples of St. John the Baptist and the Jews regarding purification, and they notified the Baptist that Jesus, the one that…

True Blessedness, The Sign of Jonah, and The Lamp of the Body On this Sunday, the Second Sunday of the blessed month of Tobe, the Church reads Luke 11:27-36. In this passage, Christ describes the true essence of faith and the process of nurturing it through the Word of God. He also hints at the…

The Flight to Egypt &The Massacre of the Enfants “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, ………for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” Matthew 2:13 On the first Sunday of Tobe, the Church reads from Matthew 2:13-23. This Gospel, alongside all the readings of the day,…