Fifth Sunday of Lent

"There is nothing which brings the heart so near unto God as mercy... Do not make any distinction between the rich and the poor nor know who is worthy and who is not worthy. Deem all men worthy of bounty on your part. Especially because you spur them unto truth thereby. The soul can easily be drawn by corporeal things to the thought of the fear of God. Also our Lord shared his table with publicans and harlots without making any distinction between those who were worthy and those who were not, seeking to spur them on thereby unto the fear of God and to bring them, through communion in bodily things, unto spiritual communion" (from The Mystical Treatises of Isaac of Niniveh, Homily 4, 54-55).

The Raising of Lazarus (Greek Icon)