Lamps in the Light

Fourth Week of Lent, Thursday

Exodus 32:7-14; John 5:31-47 

He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light. But I have testimony greater than Johnโ€™s. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent meโ€ฆ For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me.

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Two Angels and a Sword

Tuesday within the Octave of Easter

John 20:11-18 

โ€œWoman, why are you weeping?โ€

Two angels and the Lord Jesus Christ asked the same question in a garden. The scene recalls the first garden at the moment of exile: two angels, a fiery revolving sword guarding the way to the tree of life, and a weeping Eve (Genesis 3:24).… Read the rest