As we approach the Divine Mystery of Unction, we are invited to embrace God in loving communion and see our healing as being connected with Him Who IS our life.
Thanks for this one. This is a powerful reminder that the mysteries of the Church are not magic but mercy—God’s descent into the fragile vessels of oil, water, bread, and breath. As I reflect in Desert and Fire, healing is not the removal of suffering but the presence of God within it. Holy Unction does not bypass our wounds; it anoints them. Like the woman with the alabaster jar, we are invited to draw near—not to fix ourselves, but to be poured out and filled in return. Christ is our healing not because He spares us the cross, but because He passes through it with us. Blessed Holy Wednesday indeed.
I wish non-Orthodox Christians could participate.
Thanks for this one. This is a powerful reminder that the mysteries of the Church are not magic but mercy—God’s descent into the fragile vessels of oil, water, bread, and breath. As I reflect in Desert and Fire, healing is not the removal of suffering but the presence of God within it. Holy Unction does not bypass our wounds; it anoints them. Like the woman with the alabaster jar, we are invited to draw near—not to fix ourselves, but to be poured out and filled in return. Christ is our healing not because He spares us the cross, but because He passes through it with us. Blessed Holy Wednesday indeed.