tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post4819237929077583649..comments2024-03-24T15:19:06.377-04:00Comments on The Continuum: Fourth Sunday after the EpiphanyFr. Robert Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-8461523240271665772009-02-02T11:14:00.000-05:002009-02-02T11:14:00.000-05:00This was a wonderful sermon that preached Christ c...This was a wonderful sermon that preached Christ crucified for unclean sinners. Thank you, Fr. Hart.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816363281697293637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-12161802037625309312009-02-02T09:25:00.000-05:002009-02-02T09:25:00.000-05:00Thank you Father. I learned when I was very young ...Thank you Father. I learned when I was very young that the offices had to be said and it was best if they were said publicaly even if there was only myself in the space used for the gathering of the Church. The surprise is that you are generally not alone for very long. The gathering may be slow but just as the words of the office are an outpouring of love and adoration of the Father, so is the very saying of them a changing of our own heart.<BR/><BR/>They are among the work which we signed on for when we became deacons and we neglect them at the risk of our very souls as well as the soul and the faith of the Church. They are the setting for the most precious jewel of the Eucharist and it shines the brighter when we have prepared for it with love.Canon Tallishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05182884929479435751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-22576429573277841542009-02-01T21:42:00.000-05:002009-02-01T21:42:00.000-05:00Actually, we have been doing it here. This was wri...Actually, we have been doing it here. This was written in 2006 for a church that was very difficult to deal with, and the congregation only showed up for one service. I think I will rewrite the line.Fr. Robert Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-90695631377306795172009-02-01T08:36:00.000-05:002009-02-01T08:36:00.000-05:00From the book of Deuteronomy, the fifth chapter, i...From the book of Deuteronomy, the fifth chapter, is this lesson that is appointed for today, that we would have read if we were also doing Morning Prayer:<BR/><BR/>And why would you not also have read Morning Prayer before the first celebration of the Eucharist as every one of the classical and orthodox prayer books have intended? Isn't it time that we observe the whole of Acts 2:42?Canon Tallishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05182884929479435751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-40350070962447565192009-01-31T21:09:00.000-05:002009-01-31T21:09:00.000-05:00The balance is clear in the Gospels. Jesus did say...The balance is clear in the Gospels. Jesus did say, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not." (Matt. 23:2,3) And yet, earlier he had said: " 'Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees'...Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees." (Matt.16:6,12)<BR/><BR/>He made a distinction between teaching that was truly from the Torah, and teaching that was simply their own concoctions. We may say, in modern times, that the parallel concerns those who teach the Word of God with authority, and their own doctrines feigning the same authority.Fr. Robert Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-28816304093367064562009-01-31T19:56:00.000-05:002009-01-31T19:56:00.000-05:00Fr. Hart:Re your observation, "Not by any actual c...Fr. Hart:<BR/><BR/>Re your observation, "Not by any actual commandment of God mind you, but rather by the consensus of the Rabbis."<BR/><BR/>Compare Matthew 23:1-2, "Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, saying, 'The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat; All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.'"<BR/><BR/>Isn't there an important distinction to be made between true rabbinical consensus as a function of their teaching authority, as opposed to the entrenched rabbinical establishment? I get the sense that the Lord's criticisms are premised on the idea that as pastors they should have known better.<BR/><BR/>welshmannwelshmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18021662418461137766noreply@blogger.com