Reading from Isaiah Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy […]
Monthly Archives: April 2020
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Pascha – 19 April 2020: Boy, do we feel silly? We had Emmanuel, God-with-us, here with us in the flesh, raising the dead and healing the crippled and insane, walking on water, commanding storms to cold chill (relax), turning water into wine and feeding thousands of fans and supporters on […]
Great and Holy Saturday in the Byzantine Rite: Intellectual elites, so-called, in what we are presently calling the early modern era, flaunted their boldness by proclaiming things like “God is dead”. Personally, I am skeptical that there was any high-minded philosophy behind this provocateuring; it is true, though, that many […]
“He Descended into Hell” – from an ancient homily, author unknown Something strange is happening – there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep […]
Today is Great and Holy Friday in the Byzantine Rite: To our mind, tonight’s meditations are upon our darkest encounters with sin and evil. First, we are outraged at Judas’ betrayal of Our Lord, and at the Sanhedrin’s corrupt will to destroy Him, and at the callous perversity of the […]
Today is Great and Holy Thursday, in the Byzantine Rite: This ovoid sphere Earth is over four and a half billion years old, by the way we track time. Human beings derive from primates and share one or more common ancestors with great apes including chimpanzees and gorillas. Sanitary precautions […]
Today is Great and Holy Wednesday, in the Byzantine Rite: Is it a heavier burden to stay a path of righteousness, and to be ready and able in any hour to answer God for all our deeds and all our words and thoughts, and for the content of our hearts, […]
Today is Great and Holy Tuesday in the Byzantine Rite: Jesus taught a parable about ten virgin brides purchased for a lord. They waited together at the place appointed for their wedding, to all meet their groom together. The groom is delayed in his travel, and doesn’t arrive until late […]
Today is Great and Holy Monday in the Byzantine Rite. On their way to Jerusalem for Passover, Jesus and His disciples encounter a fig tree. The Lord goes to it to gather them a snack, but the tree bears no fruit. He curses the tree. The Royal Entrance we commemorate […]
Palm Sunday, in the Byzantine Rite – Still at work making the fulfillment of prophecies of the Christ evident to all witting and willing to see, Jesus sends two of His disciples ahead from the Mount of Olives to fetch Him a ride: specifically a colt, the foal of a […]