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Any discussion of the Paschal season, that is, the season our Church's liturgy presents to us following the Feast of Pascha, presupposes an understanding of its purpose and requirements. This, in turn, requires an awareness of the season that prepared us for it: Great and Holy Lent. Without delving into excessive detail, those familiar with ...
Read moreThe Gospel passage read by our Church today on Thomas Sunday recounts two appearances of the risen Jesus (John 20:19-31). In the first appearance, Jesus reveals Himself alive to the disciples’ assembly, then in the second to Thomas, who was absent during the first appearance. Let us reflect a little on this salvific event. Why ...
Read moreFollowing Pascha, we have five Sundays: Thomas’ Sunday, the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing women, the Sunday of the Paralytic, the Sunday of the Samaritan woman, and the Sunday of the Blind man. The main objective of these Sundays is for the Church to confirm in us that we are witnesses to the living Christ. After ...
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