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April 04, 2025

Prodigal Notes on the Prodigal Son, Part 3

Go here for Part 1, which has textual notes a and b in it, and...

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Prodigal Notes on the Prodigal Son, Part 2

Go here for Part 1, which has textual notes a and b in it—they proved...

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March 31, 2025

Prodigal Notes on the Prodigal Son, Part 1

An Introduction Deferred Russian ikon of St. Luke writing the first ikon of the Mother...

March 22, 2025

This is Part IV of a series. Go to these links for the first three...

March 19, 2025

The Price of Pardon

This is Part Three of a series on the Lord's Prayer; go to these links...

March 15, 2025

A Knot of Bread

This is the second part of the Lord's Prayer series. I had originally intended to...

March 01, 2025

Thy Father Which Seeth in Secret

A Detour to the Mount As I'd made little progress in my translation of last...

February 2025

February 16, 2025

Beatitudes and—Be-aren’t-itudes?

Okay, This Time Shrovetide Really Has Started First, a little light housekeeping. In my last...

February 10, 2025

The Calling of Saint Peter

The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Or, This Year, the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time) First...

February 06, 2025

Sacred Time: A Time to Get, And a Time to Keep

Series Table of Contents: Introduction (what sacred/liturgical time is and why we have it) The...

January 2025

January 31, 2025

Sacred Time: The Waning of the Sun

Series Table of Contents: Introduction (what sacred/liturgical time is and why we have it) The...

January 25, 2025

Sacred Time: The Waxing of the Sun

Series Table of Contents: Introduction (what sacred/liturgical time is and why we have it) The...

January 19, 2025

Sacred Time: To Every Thing There Is a Season

Series Table of Contents: Introduction (what sacred/liturgical time is and why we have it) The...

January 09, 2025

Sacred Time: The Revelation of the Octave

Series Table of Contents: Introduction (what sacred/liturgical time is and why we have it) The...

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December 30, 2024

Sacred Time: The Seventh Day

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December 24, 2024

Sacred Time: The Former Holy Week

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December 20, 2024

Sacred Time: The Canonical Hours

Series Table of Contents: Introduction (what sacred/liturgical time is and why we have it) ⇒...

December 13, 2024

Sacred Time in the Catholic Faith: Introduction

Divide and eat the lingering hours, Consume that nourishment of light; Drink the nectar of...

November 2024

November 29, 2024

Thanksgiving Prayer in the Prayer-Book Style

The Last Gospel Happy post-Thanksgiving, everyone! In the spirit of the holiday, I'd like to...

November 23, 2024

The Apocalypse of Mark

The Olivet Discourse Vision of the Lamb among the cherubim (Revelation 5) from Beatus of...

November 14, 2024

The Penultimate Mark

Prolegomenon As discussed in my last, this is the next-to-last reading from the Gospel of...

November 09, 2024

Mark: The Final Countdown

This post has received minor edits—chiefly, the correction of the reference for the translated Gospel—as...

October 2024

October 31, 2024

Lo and Behold—Part III

The Hallowmas Gospel This past Sunday, we heard blind Bartimæus healed by Jesus; on Friday,...

October 26, 2024

Lo and Behold—Part II

Go here for Part I. The (?) Epistle of John (?) St. Papias of Hierapolis...

October 24, 2024

Lo and Behold—Part I

The Light of the Eyes A tetramorph, an interpretation of the cherubim based on the...

October 15, 2024

James and John Are Jerks

Again With the Competitiveness This post's passage is the Gospel text for October 20th this...

October 08, 2024

The Rich Young Ruler, Mark Three

Who Is This Child Anyway? The Gospel for the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity (a.k.a. the...

October 05, 2024

A Crash Course in Criticism, With a Sample Text

A Few Words on How to Bible Real Good Choosing a good Bible for devotional...

September 2024

September 27, 2024

The Eviler-Than-Thou Eye

A Sep-twofer I've combined the Gospel passages for both the 22nd and the 29th into...

September 17, 2024

The Stone That Cried Out, Part II

Go here for Part I. "Thou Art Peter" The text we've now reached is Mark's...

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