Holy Tuesday

    • Holy Tuesday (HTML format)
    • Judas With Avaricious Thoughts Accepts The Darkness
      The Progression Of Sin Into Self Imposed Slavery
      2011-04-18
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      SYNOPSIS:Six minutes on the progression of sin. Holy Week is not only about the events surrounding the passion of our Lord, but is also a time for introspection and self-amendment. The descent of Judas into the insanity of deicide did not happen all at once, but progressed because of his addiction to a particular passion. We read a sessional hymn from Holy Tuesday Matins, and see how it describes the progression of sin in *our* lives unless we fight to not "accept the darkness". This is VERY important, and applies to EVERYONE.
       
      "Impious Judas with avaricious thoughts plots against the Master, and ponders how he will betray Him. He falls away from the light and accepts the darkness; he agrees upon the payment and sells Him that is above all price; and as the reward of his actions, in his misery he receives a hangman's noose and death in agony. O Christ our God, deliver us from such a fate as his, and grant remission of sins to those who celebrate with love Thy most pure passion." (Sessional Hymn, Tone 8, Holy Tuesday Matins)
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    • He Falls Away From The Light And Accepts The Darkness
      Great-Tuesday-Matins
      2012-04-10
      SYNOPSIS:Six and a half important minutes using Judas as an example to teach us how not to "accept the darkness" Commentary on the Sessional Hymn from Great Tuesday Matins: "Impious Judas with avaricious thoughts plots against the Master, / and ponders how he will betray Him. /He falls away from the light and accepts the darkness; / he agrees upon the payment and sells Him that is above all price; / and as the reward for his actions, in his misery / he receives a hangman's noose and death in agony. / O Christ our God, deliver us from such a fate as his, // and grant remission of sins to those who celebrate with love Thy most pure Passion."
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    • Great Monday Presanctified
      Because Iniquity Shall Abound The Love Of Many Shall Wax Cold
      Matthew 24-3-35
      2014-04-14
      SYNOPSIS:Overview of the Gospel on for Presanctified Liturgy on Great Monday, in which the Lord teaches about the state of the world, and His second coming, especially emphasizing the coldness of the hearts of modern man. Our reactions to this coldness and depravity? our hearts must be hot to compensate for the cold, or else we risk being deceived with all the rest. Also a story explains how to know if Christ is coming when someone "Here is Christ"
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    • Great Tuesday Matins
      God Is Not The God Of The Dead But Of The Living He That Is Greatest Among You Shall Be Your Servant
      Matthew 22-15-23-39
      2014-04-14
      SYNOPSIS:Holy Tuesday Matins Gospel. Conversations with Jesus and the Jewish leaders. All our problems are because we do not fully believe and live according to the truth: "God is the God of the living and not the dead". If we truly live according to the resurrection, which is occurring in us, we will say with conviction the word of the Our Fathe: "Thy Kingdom come" and easily attain it by fulfilling the command: "He that is greatest among you shall be your servant."
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    • Great Tuesday Presanctified
      After Two Days Is The Feast Of The Passover And The Son Of Man Is Betrayed To Be Crucified
      Matthew 24-36-26-2
      2014-04-15
      SYNOPSIS:The Gospel for Great Tuesday Presanctified Liturgy contains many teachings and parables about the second coming of Christ, the "Son of Man" This selection ends with the Lord prophesying that He would be crucified in 2 days. Nobody understood. Why? The overall theme of all the parables is that we must be watchful. this is a difficult virtue to acquire, and while we are acquiring it, the world is oblivious. This is a great mystery.



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