This Sunday’s Gospel tells the story of two healings, that of the leper and that of the Centurion’s servant. Stories of Christ healing figure prominently in early Christian and early Medieval art and less prominently into the early modern era; nevertheless, the Healing of the Leper and The Healing of the Centurion’s Servant are relativelyContinue reading “Third Sunday after Epiphany”
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Second Sunday after Epiphany
Luke 2.21 (the same reading as for 1 January – The Feast of the Circumcision) The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger Sermons Homilies Of Feasts And Sundays By Catholic Church Fathers by D. G. Hubert (Washbourne, 1901). Sermons for the Sundays and Some Festivals of the Year by Thomas White. Explanation of the Epistles andContinue reading “Second Sunday after Epiphany”
Sunday within the Octave of Epiphany
Today’s Gospel is about Christ teaching in the Temple, traditionally called Christ among the Doctors by art historians. One of several scenes on a fifth-century ivory diptych in Milan Cathedral and in a manuscript sent from Rome to England in the 7th century (see also), itself clearly modeled on a model like the Milan ivory.Continue reading “Sunday within the Octave of Epiphany”