On the fourth Sunday of Pascha we commemorate the Paralytic and celebrate the miracle wrought for him.
The word of Christ was strength for the paralytic; And thus this word alone was his healing.
“There is One Who Never Passes by Anyone”: On the Paralytic of the Pool Of Bethesda
Metropolitan Hilarion: Jesus Christ’s Miracle of Healing the Paralytic is a Sign of God’s Omnipotence
“Don’t Make Excuses Like the Paralytic!”
I think that nowadays perfectionism is nothing but oppression, a religion of XXI century, a cult of contemporary mankind that consolidated communities of those who are striving for “perfection”