“So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Who in the days of his flesh, when he [...]
Personification of Wisdom (Σοφία, Sophía) at the Celsus Library in Ephesus (2nd century). “My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. Say unto wisdom, [...]
Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion Third Sunday after Easter Sunday Report This is the Third Sunday after Easter; the Easter season is five Sundays, the last of which, the Fifth Sunday after Easter, is commonly called Rogation Sunday. Like every day, today we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, “Christ the Lord IS Risen today!” On [...]
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6: all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) COLLECT - THIRD SUNDAY AFTER [...]
“ It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.” Psalms 127:2 (KJV) “ But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have [...]
“The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.” (Psalms 29:11; all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let [...]
“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” Proverbs 29:2 (KJV) Any reader of this devotion with prior military experience will know, without doubt, that there is a cardinal rule of leadership that declares, “Authority can be delegated, but not responsibility.” Nothing could be more [...]
Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion Second Sunday after Easter Sunday Report This is the second Sunday after Easter; the Easter season is five Sundays, the last of which, the Fifth Sunday after Easter, is commonly called Rogation Sunday. Like every day, today we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, “Christ the Lord IS Risen today!” On [...]
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 13 The hireling fleeth, [...]
“ And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. (Luke 24:13-15: [...]