The Eastern Rite

Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17Psalm 1271 Kings 17:8-16Psalm 146Hebrews 9:24-28Mark 12:38-44 Year B Proper 27 (32) Revised Common Lectionary Today’s lesson: there are no verses, chapters, paragraphs or, even, punctuation in the original text. If you’ve spent any time in Church, you know how this Gospel sermon runs. Here’s a visible parable See? She puts in more [...]

OR THE WEEK From 1 October – the Eastern Feast of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos – to 7 October – the Western Feast of Our Lady of Victory – a set of prayers to Our Lady asking her help and protection for all Christians. These two feasts seem to me analogues. And [...]