Today is Great and Holy Monday in the Byzantine Rite. On their way to Jerusalem for Passover, Jesus and His disciples encounter a fig tree. The Lord goes to it to gather them a snack, but the tree bears no fruit. He curses the tree. The Royal Entrance we […]
Holy Week
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Palm Sunday, in the Byzantine Rite – Still at work making the fulfillment of prophecies of the Christ evident to all witting and willing to see, Jesus sends two of His disciples ahead from the Mount of Olives to fetch Him a ride: specifically a colt, the foal of […]
In the Byzantine Liturgical Calendar, today is Lazarus Saturday: Our Lord Jesus Christ revealed so much of His natures and His design for us in the weeks just preceding His passion. First (that is, first that we shall at present consider), He very recently received the penitence and adoration […]