Category: Publican and Pharisee
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Which one are you?
Never dawned on me before but the publican was probably far richer than the Pharisee. He was also, as far as secular power goes, better situated between the political authority of the Romans and the suck-up power of the Sadducees. But he still gets it.
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So this Guy’s got Two Boys, right?
Readings for the Sunday of the Prodigal: NOT THAT THERE’S Really this kind of ranking system, but I imagine that “The Prodigal Son” is one of the more well-known of Jesus’ stories. Perhaps equally as often what they know about this story is wrong. We use “prodigal” as a way to describe anyone who goes…
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Freedom is a State of Soul
Tuesday in the week of the Publican & the Pharisee: BETWEEN THE CFR Podcast and my own t0-read (especially Transformation in Christ and He and I) list I’m in the midst of a flood of thoughts about interior freedom. This is a specifically Christian conception, although it may have non-Christian predecessors in pagan philosophies. How…
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Publican and Republican
The readings for the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee: LAST NIGHT I attended the vigil service at Holy Trinity Cathedral (OCA), my former parish. Since my Byzantine Catholic Parish does not have vigil services, I think I may make a few trips over to the Cathedral this Lent. The Dean greeted me and…
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