A journal of byzantine digressionS
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Aleph is for Analogy
The post is an active exploration of analogy in theology by way of the letter A’s history and the silent Aleph in Hebrew, shedding light on the mystery of divine revelation and hidden prefigurement.
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The Holy Name
Christ is Born! Glorify Him! Yesterday at our Byzantine Catholic Parish we had no priest and, thus, no Divine Liturgy. We served the Morning Office, Orthros or Matins, together with what is called the Typica Psalms. This last is exactly a service for when there is no priest present. The basic service is posted here
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Shiviti
Shiviti: a meditation image named for the first word of Psalm 16:8 שויתי shiviti meaning “I have set”: I have set your name always before me. In this image the fire of the Burning Bush is linked with the Holy Name and the Divine Mercy. And we are reminded that we can become – by
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Calendar Crazies
Wherein the Author posts a ramble of the sort that were common on LiveJournals back in the early 2000s. It’s not a rant. There are several Orthodox videos. There’s not really a topic. Two recipes. And an invitation to support a Messianic outreach in Israel.
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Incarnation
The scriptures say he was like us in all ways except sin. Sometimes people need to be reminded that noisy, messy children are perfectly normal. And as of today, that is as of Christmas, they are also signs of the divine.
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Like Mother, like Us
In the course of Advent we hear the reading of the Annunciation a couple of times between Mass and the Office, including daily readings, it’s come up 3 or 4 times in the last 3 weeks. additionally, this same Gospel pericope, as it is called “in the business”, is read several times a year: we
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The Sealed Gate
O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neither before thee was any like thee, nor shall there be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? The thing which ye behold is a divine mystery.
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Zos Hannukah
O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver, the hope of the nations and their Saviour: Come and save us, O Lord our God.
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Right, but why?
Why is the image on the Tilma that of a pregnant girl? A blessed feast of the Empress of the Americas. She is Our Mother. Trying out the “vlog” thing here… Here is the story of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
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Solidarnosc
O Morning Star, splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness: Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
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With Deepest Thanks
I’d hug you if I knew who you were, but thank you for buying me a year of WordPress hosting!
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Debt or Trespass?
The post discusses the concept of sin and God’s eternal self-gift, emphasizing that the Greek use of ‘debt’ in the Lord’s Prayer doesn’t simply mean trespass or sin, but rather refers to how we often fall short of receiving, sharing, and modeling God’s love.
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Morning comes
O Morning Star, splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness: Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
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Light just one candle
SOMETIME IN MIDDLE SCHOOL in the Catskill Mountains I learned that Hanukkah was not “Jewish Christmas” but something else. The local library had a book sale, I came across a little book called The Hannukah Book, by Mae Shafter Rockland, published in 1975 and influenced by the Peace MovementTM. I still have it – although
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Unlocked
O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel; you open and no one can shut; you shut and no one can open: Come and lead the prisoners from the prison house, those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
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