The Genealogy Sunday Icon Today is “Genealogy Sunday,” the day on which the response to the Qadishat aloho changes from it.ra.7am 3a.lyn (have mercy on us), to m.shee.7o de.tee.led men […]
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The Fourth Sunday of Advent (Rorate Sunday)
The Introit (Isaiah 45:8; Psalm 18:2) Rorate, caeli, desuper … Drop down dew, O heavens, from above. Let the clouds rain down justice. Let the earth open and bud forth […]
Read moreThe Revelation to Joseph
Concerning the icon for today’s feast, Fr Badwi first of all prepared a frame based on the ancient Syrian icons in the British Library and the Vaticanus Library. Inside that […]
Read moreAwe-Inspiring Actions of the Divine Liturgy
First, the word “awe” has been cheapened by the fashion of using “awesome” as a filler when we don’t have a better word to say and want to sound impressed. […]
Read moreThe Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)
The Introit (Philippians 4:4-6; Psalm 84:2) Gaudete in Domino semper … Rejoice in the Lord always: again, I say, rejoice. Let your modesty be known to all men: for the […]
Read moreThe Finding of the Lord in the Temple
The Gospel reading for this week is Luke 2:46-49: “Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, […]
Read moreCarson’s “Exegetical Fallacies,” (Third and final part)
Perhaps the most important chapter in the book is this one: “Logical Fallacies.” The first error is “false disjunctions.” For example, someone said that where St Matthew follows St Mark […]
Read moreThe Birth of John the Baptist
Luke 1:57-66 Now Elizabeth’s full time came for her to be delivered, and she brought forth a son. When her neighbours and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great […]
Read moreSecond Sunday of Advent
The Second Sunday of Advent The Introit (Isaiah 30:30) People of Zion, behold the Lord shall come to save the nations: and the Lord shall make the glory of His […]
Read moreReview of “Exegetical Fallacies,” D.A. Carson, Pt II
We have almost finished chapter 2, on word-fallacies. Carson’s treatment of what I would call the mystical language of St John’s Gospel is worth reading, when one wants to study […]
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