Matthew 4:1-11 1-3. Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” vs 1 Theophylact of Ochrid AD…
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…
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…
