Category Archives: feasts
Radiance
On the Mountain
You were Transfigured,
O Christ God,
And Your disciples beheld Your glory
as far as they could see it;
So that when they would behold
You crucified,
They would understand that
Your suffering was voluntary,
And would proclaim to the world,
That You are truly
the Radiance of the Father!
Today is the Feast of the Transfigura
tion of Christ on Mt. Tabor. Two years ago I wrote about honey and how it figures in this feast – if you’d like to think on that sweet subject for a few minutes and see lovely photos check it out again.
This morning I mostly took pictures of the garden bounty that people brought to church as representatives of the fruits of the earth for which we count on God’s blessing every day.
May Christ light up your life.
Pentecost in the dome.
12th century mosaic in St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice,
depicts the Holy Spirit descending on the apostles.
Iconreader article on this mosaic
Lift High the Cross
This morning I wasn’t able to attend Liturgy, but as it was the Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross, I was singing the Troparion hymn of the feast to myself as I went about opening the blinds and other movements of greeting the day. (“Oh, God, save Thy people, and bless thine inheritance….”) Gradually, without my fully noticing for a while, the melody of my humming changed to this hymn, which our family learned relatively recently and which has become a favorite of mine. I suppose it’s slightly more appropriate for another Sunday focusing on the Cross, that one in September when we consider The Elevation of the Life-Giving Cross. But it came to me today, so here it is, for your uplifting, too.
Gladsome Lights 