Fire-Tried Gold

Fiery furnace by Toros Roslin, Mashtots, 1266 (MS No. 2027, Fol. 14 V.)

Fifth Week of Lent, Wednesday

Daniel 3

Iconic images and words in the Bible interconnect to form a constellation that radiates to the โ€œedgesโ€ of infinity. The episode of the three Jews thrown into a fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to Nebuchadnezzarโ€™s golden image summons iconic connections from Genesis to Revelation.… Read the rest

Christ, the Living Stone

Ten Commandments, licensed by Oren neu dag under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Third Week of Lent, Wednesday

Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9; Matthew 5:17-19

Now therefore, Israel, hear the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

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Coins of Heaven’s Treasury

Icon of Holy Communion

Saturday After Ash Wednesday

Luke 5:27-32

The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, โ€œWhy do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?โ€

Luke 5:30

The banquet at Leviโ€™s house was a preview of paradise when Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will recline with “tax collectors and sinnersโ€ at the feast in the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 8:11).… Read the rest

Authentic Personhood

Widow’s Mite: 6th century image

9th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday

In the course of his teaching Jesus said, โ€œBeware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes and accept greetings in the marketplaces, seats of honor in synagogues, and places of honor at banquets.

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