Sunday of Pentecost The context of this reading is the Feast of Sukkot (also known as Booths or Tabernacles). (Click here to read about the Sunday of the Blind Man, which also draws on the Feast of Sukkot.) This celebration
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Seventh Sunday After Pascha This is Jesus’s final sermon and prayer to his disciples before his arrest, trial, and crucifixion. Jesus speaks about how he has shown God’s glory on earth and how he has instructed his followers to walk
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Sunday of the Blind Man Today’s passage takes place during the Feast of Sukkot or Booths (Lev 23). This feast remembers how God cared for the Hebrews while they wandered in the desert. In the first century, the time of
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Sunday of the Samaritan Woman Photini, the Samaritan woman thought she had truth because her people worshipped on Mt. Gerizim and lived near the Well of Jacob. However, God’s promise to bring salvation to all nations doesn’t come through a
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Sunday of the Paralytic Today’s passage has often been understood as Christ healing a “sick” man, the paralytic. If understood in this way, it points to our healing in Christ. However, the Greek word used for sick, ἀσθενέω, actually means
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Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women On this Sunday, we remember both Joseph of Arimathea, who asked for the body of Christ, and the Myrrh-Bearing women, who went to the tomb to anoint the body. Both these stories are a test
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Thomas Sunday In the Old Testament, the forgiveness of sins–our release from slavery to “Pharaoh”–came about through animal sacrifice in the early Jerusalem temple, which is where God’s glory–his presence on earth–resided. However, St. John insists that God’s glory is
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Great and Holy Pascha The scriptural readings on Pascha (Easter) present us with the mystery of Christ’s resurrection. During Matins, the resurrection is announced by means of an empty tomb, and when the women are told to go and announce
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Palm Sunday In Sunday’s reading, Mary anoints Jesus with expensive perfume. In the Old Testament, anointing turns men into kings. In addition, anointing is also a part of the funeral rites. So, Mary, by anointing Jesus, shows that she understands
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Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt As we continue our Lenten journey, we are reminded that we are on our way to be witnesses of God’s glory. But, the glory of God is not what we expected. To our surprise,
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