Jesus Christ is the Spring of Grace and Truth
May 2014 – Church of Romania
18 May 2014, it is the 5th Sunday after the Easter, or of the Samaritan woman. After the Divine Liturgy celebrated in the chapel of the Patriarchal Residence dedicated to Saint Great Martyr George, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel delivered a sermon in which he explained the significance of the evangelical pericope of John 4:5-42, read today in all the places of worship, which relates the discussion of Jesus Christ, our Saviour, with the Samaritan woman about the life-giving water.
“Today’s Gospel shows us that Jesus Christ is not only a healer of diseases, but also the spring of Grace and Truth. Saint Paul the Apostle calls the saving work of Christ grace. This is why He greets the Christians of Corinth with this blessing: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Corinthians 13:13).Thus, the Grace that Christ, our Lord, reveals and gives us includes the love of God-the Father and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. The Grace is the love of the Most Holy Trinity itself shared to the people by Jesus Christ Risen from the dead and ascended to Heaven through the Holy Spirit to give eternal life to the humans”, His Beatitude explained.
At the same time, today’s Gospel prepares us for the Ascension of the Lord, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church also said.
“Today’s Gospel is a preparation of the faithful for the feast of the Ascension of the Lord, because through His Ascension to Heaven the Lord wants to raise us to the Living Water, to the eternal life of the Most Holy Trinity. And through the Descend of the Holy Spirit celebrated on the 8th Sunday after the Easter we are given the Life-giving water, namely the grace of the Holy Spirit which we first received at the Baptism, for the glory of the Most Holy Trinity and for our salvation”.
Next Sunday the Orthodox Church will be on the 6th Sunday after Easter or of the Blind born man.
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