Tag: Lenten passages

2nd week Lent : Monday

Post author By Mark Isaac
Post date 22nd March 2021

At Matins Sessional hymns I entreat Thee in Thy compassion O Christ, through true fasting and repentance restore to life my soul slain by the fruit of disobedience. Tossed in the tempest of the passions, deaf to the voice on my conscience, I call fervently upon thee, O pure Virgin. Suffer me not to perish…

Tags 2nd week, biblical reference, Great Lent, Lenten passages

First Pre-Lenten Sunday : Publican and Pharisee

Post author By Mark Isaac
Post date 28th February 2021

We all know (or should know) this parable of Christ’s from Luke’s gospel. It’s simple enough and the conclusion seems both obvious and perhaps somewhat trite. But in the Matins Canon for this Sunday there are verses that illuminate a deeper and more profound reading of the parable. Let us examine more deeply the two…

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