Pentecost Wednesday:Ember Day Another Octave ramble which might have a couple of surprises. Back in the day, 5th c or so, Pentecost was enriched with an Octave, thus extending the festal character of the great feast. For a while they were bumped. In the 11th c. St. Pope Gregory VII, ...
They bowed their head for a moment, but it was soon uplifted more arrogantly than ever. If it were a matter which concerned them alone, We might perhaps have overlooked it: but the security of the Catholic name is at stake. Wherefore, as to maintain it longer would be a crime, We ...
Probably, however, the name was used widely for any plant that had the pungent flavour of mustard, and botanists have suggested the Salvadora persica as answering to the description. (See Bible Educator, I. 119.) The interpretation of the parable lies almost on the surface. Here again the ...
The confusion of language at Babel is later reversed at Pentecost (Acts 2:1-12), where the Holy Spirit enables the apostles to speak in various tongues, symbolizing the unifying power of the Gospel. so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”The inability to understand one ...
Paul’s final visit to Jerusalem was partially for the purpose of giving to the poor. There are several scriptures across several books which bring together the entire story. Note also that Paul especially wanted to be there to present this offering to the poor at the feast of Pentecost, see...
So Pastor Marks explained to her what happened on the day of Pentecost, how the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke in various languages the people knew, who had come to Jerusalem from all different parts of the world. (Acts chapter 2, in the Bible). ...
Today is the Twenty-ninth Sunday after Pentecost and the Twelfth Sunday of Luke. It is the feast day of Venerable Makarios the Great of Egypt, the Anchorite. Continue readingSunday Reading: 2020-01-18 Slaying A Tyrant: Review Published by Herb on 2020-01-09 Slaying a Tyrant starts off...
Moreover, at that feast which we call Pentecost as the priests were going by night into the inner court of the temple...they said that, in the first place, they felt a quaking and heard a sound as of a multitude saying, Let us remove hence. (Josephus, Wars, bk. VI, ch. v, se...