Mount Zion, Gate of Paradise

Rembrandt, Moses Smashing the Tables of the Law, 1659

4th Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday (Year I)

Hebrews 12:18-24; Mark 6:7-13

You have not approached that which could be touched and a blazing fire and gloomy darkness and storm and a trumpet blast and a voice speaking words such that those who heard begged that no message be further addressed to them, for they could not bear to hear the command: โ€œIf even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.โ€

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Children of the Goldsmith

Cimabue, The Flagellation of Christ, 1280

4th Week in Ordinary Time, Wednesday (Year I)

Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15

The dramatic parade of the โ€œcloud of witnessesโ€ in Hebrews 11 finds its finale in Jesus Christ, โ€œthe leader and perfecter of faithโ€ (Hebrews 12:2).… Read the rest