The Law Made Flesh

Fra Angelico: The Crucifixion (detail), ca.1437-46
Source: Wikimedia Commons

10th week in Ordinary Time, Wednesday

1 Kings 18:20-39, Psalm 25, Matthew 5:17-19

โ€œDo not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.โ€… Read the rest

Who is the Father?

Greek icon, The Mystical Supper

7th Week of Easter, Sunday

John 17:1-11a

โ€œNow glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had with you before the world began.โ€

The word โ€œgloryโ€ rings several times in this passage, evoking an unfamiliar and unworldly milieu.… Read the rest

Following Christ

The Crucifixion, Mosaic in the Monastery of Hosias Lukas.

5th Week of Easter, Saturday

โ€œIf the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.โ€

John 15:18

From the moment of Christโ€™s birth, danger loomed as news of an infant king reached the ears of King Herod.… Read the rest