Category: ByzReadings
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Widow of Nain
Luke 7:11-16 (Gospel) for today (Byzantine Rite Churches using the Eastern Paschalion). Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd. And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried…
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Sunday Gospel Vlog
Taking a look at the Gospel (for those Churches using the Eastern LEctionary) Luke 6:31-36, but focusing especially on the 31st verse. Jesus is participating in an existing rabbinic debate, but – having taken a side – he draws it futher to very surprising conclusions. This is the Living Torah, the Word of God, teaching…
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Philip Up!
The user discusses a common misinterpretation about St Philip the Evangelist, distinguished from St Philip the Apostle with the former’s role as a Deacon outlined. They detail the three main functions of the Diaconate; assisting in works of mercy, proclaiming the Gospel, and if necessary, dying for the Truth of the faith.
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Retvrn!
How can you return to your God if you’re not yourself?
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Crazy 4 Jesus
What does it profit to gain the whole world and lose your soul? Who (or what) is dying on your cross?
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What is IS?
What is the value of a human being? Of what is he made that he costs so little and so much?
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Who Chose Who?
Oil and water never mix. What about the Gentiles and the Chosen?
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All Things?
When things are good, the will of God seems pretty awesome. How can we talk about the will of God around a dumpster fire like we have now?
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Wondrous Type
In the process of meditation literature, to be “fulfilled” is not to draw a 1:1 ratio between the accidents of a prediction and their “coming true”. Rather it’s to draw, as it were, a 1:10 ratio between the accidents of the prediction and the new, more-full way they are manifested.
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Asleep in the Light
How do we balance the idea of “doig good for all” with the secular welfare state and the need to just fiscally support people?
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The Medium is the Message
The Readings for the Elevation of the Holy Cross (14 Sept 23) 1 Corinthians 1:18-24 (Liturgy) John 19:6-11, 13-20, 25-28, 30-35 (Liturgy) For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18 TAKE A LOOK AT…
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A New House
The Readings for Dedication of the Church of the Anastasis in Jerusalem (13 Sept 23) Hebrews 3:1-4 (Liturgy) Matthew 16:13-18 (Liturgy) Yet Jesus has been counted worthy of as much more glory than Moses as the builder of a house has more honor than the house. Hebrews 3:3 THIS IS ONE OF Those arguments that…
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Breaking Bad
The Readings for 16th Tuesday after Pentecost (xii.IX.2023) Galatians 5:11-21 (Liturgy) Mark 7:5-16 (Liturgy) For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another. Galatians 5:13 SAUL or, to use his Latin name, Paul (it was not, like…
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Carpenters?
The Readings for 15th Tuesday after Pentecost (5 Sept) Galatians 2:21-3:7 (Liturgy) Mark 6:1-7 (Liturgy) Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us? Matthew 22:11 FROM THE FOLKS WHO DO “The Jesus Seminar” I’ve head they…
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Total Number of Possible Sins?
IN WESTERN, EURO-AMERICAN minds sin is often conceived of as a case of “don’t -do”. There are very few positive sins – sins of omission – in this concept. Even when they exist, as for feeding the hungry, they are usually expressed as negatives: don’t forget to… Don’t ignore… This is true inside and outside…
