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Post by Pan Kristoff Drevo on Mar 13, 2015 15:47:52 GMT
Proverbs 14: 14-26. This passage simply contrasts and compares being wise and being foolish. By this, everyone would readily understand how wonderful it is when you are good and kind and how terrible it is when you're wicked and foolish. You could take every single passage from Proverbs and apply it to your daily life. And I suggest that we all do so.
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Post by Pan Kristoff Drevo on Jan 27, 2017 22:46:22 GMT
I've returned to doing this, as we must orient ourselves around God in coming back from inactivity. (By the way, all readings are taken from my Byzantine calendar. I could also alternate from week to week with readings from the Roman calendar.)
Heb 7:26-8:2, Jn 10:9-16
The author of Hebrews tells us that with Christ as a sacrifice, we need nothing more. This attitude is especially shown in the Eucharist, as it is Christ's sacrifice. This may seem odd, as we celebrate the Eucharist at least once a week, if not more often. How can this celebration be in all actuality Christ's sacrifice, just as the bread and wine is in all actuality the Body and Blood? Heaven is a timeless realm. We on Earth must progress through life one day at a time, and we must see the effects of time on everything in this world. But there is no such limitation in Heaven. And as during the Liturgy, we experience Heaven on Earth, we too are in the timeless realm. And so at that moment, everything is now. We celebrate Christ offering himself, giving his life for his sheep (as John says), at the exact same moment in history as he actually does it, and as everyone before and after us also celebrate it. The Church is united in its fullness, realized in the Eucharist. We follow the Good Shepherd, for he has saved us once and forever. We are in his flock, and he will lead us to everlasting life.
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