Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, the culmination of which is the celebration of the death and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, became man for us. He knows our needs and hopes, He knows our pain and suffering, He also knows what we need for true happiness and joy.

Upon all of us, each individual as well as the entire human race, there is a shadow constantly hanging over us – the shadow of mortality and death. In addition to death, this shadow includes all kinds of trials, unfulfilled longings, disappointments, as well as diseases and other sufferings, whether natural or caused by the envy, malice and injustice of other people. All this may make us question whether our life is worth living at all.

Jesus said to the Jews: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am." He does not say "I was" but "I am." It is perhaps difficult for us to understand the real meaning and depth of these words, as well as how scandalous they sounded to the ears of the Jews who surrounded Jesus. ἐγὼ εἰμί or "I am" in Greek and אֲנִי־ הוּא or "I am He" in Hebrew are equal to the name of God.

The world around us is full of miracles, and the closer and better we get to know it, the greater these miracles seem. Not only those that we call supernatural, but also those that are part of our natural environment.

In the Lord’s Prayer, one of the petitions is dedicated to “our daily bread”. How often do we think how wonderful this daily bread is? The most common, plain bread. If we were to compare bread with a human being, everyone would say that a human being is a much more complex organism than bread. But is it?

Jesus said that “every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth,” in order to show that in casting out evil spirits, He is not doing the work of the devil, but of God. But these words have a universal meaning, which we too must seriously consider.

“Great is thy faith!” This is what Jesus said to the Canaanite woman who asked the Lord to help her daughter. Jesus healed her daughter when He saw her great faith. What is faith?