We preach not one advent only of Christ, but a second also, far more glorious than the former. For the former gave a view of His patience; but the latter brings with it the crown of a divine kingdom. For all things, for the most part, are twofold in our Lord Jesus Christ: a twofold generation; one, of God, beforeContinue reading “St. Cyril of Jerusalem on Advent”
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The Donkey by G. K. Chesterton
When fishes flew and forests walkedAnd figs grew upon thorn,Some moment when the moon was bloodThen surely I was born. With monstrous head and sickening cryAnd ears like errant wings,The devil’s walking parodyOn all four-footed things. The tattered outlaw of the earth,Of ancient crooked will;Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb,I keep my secret still.Continue reading “The Donkey by G. K. Chesterton”
Madeleine L’Engle on Palm Sunday
On Palm Sunday in the Cathedral the congregation participates in acting out the Gospel, and we are the mob, and I choke as I shout out, “His blood be on us, and on our children. Crucify him! Crucify him!” I choke not because it is something I would never under any circumstances say, but becauseContinue reading “Madeleine L’Engle on Palm Sunday”
The Word upon the dumb
Lo, our King, meek and gentle, seated upon an assWith haste hurries to suffer and to cut suffering —The Word upon the dumb, willing it that rational beings be redeemed.And it was possible to behold the One on the back of the assWho is on the shoulders of the Cherubim,The One Who once translated ElijahContinue reading “The Word upon the dumb”
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