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The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger The epistle today comes from the book of Esther (Esther 13.8-17), the prayer of Mordecai, and the Gospel (Matthew 20.17-28) relates the encounter of Christ with the mother of the sons of Zebedee (James and John). Sermons Explanation of the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays, holydays and festivalsContinue reading “Wednesday in the Second Week of Lent”

While today’s Gospel reading is a scene of teaching that does not lend itself to any sort of particularization in its visual representation and would only be identifiable by proximity to the text, today’s epistle introduces Elijah/Elias to the widow at Sarepta/Zarephata, whose son he will subsequently revive, but here Elijah first provides for themContinue reading “Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent”

In today’s Gospel reading, Christ is teaching Jews in the Temple, in the Treasury. This moment rarely finds representation. James Tissot included it in his watercolor series, La Vie de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ. John 8.21-29 Daniel 9.15-19 The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger Sermons Explanation of the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays, holydays and festivalsContinue reading “Monday in the Second Week of Lent”