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The Most Holy Spirit (Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia)

Κατηγορίες: In English

‘He said this concerning the Spirit’ On the last day of the feast of the Tabernacles, Christ revealed that He Himself is the source of life. Because people would be leaving to go back to their homes, Christ’s words were provisions for their salvation. The Lord said that those who were thirsty should come to Him and that rivers of living water would flow from their bellies (John 7, 38). The word ‘belly’ here means the heart. Clearly, the ‘water’ is the grace of the Holy Spirit. The Lord is the unfailing fount of the grace of the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit takes up residence in our heart, Christ’s gifts and talents flow incessantly. As He said to the ...

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