My Podcast Homily for the Twenty-third Sunday After Trinity was uploaded to the AIC’s Podbean channel this morning. The readings are Philippians 3:17-21 and Matthew 22:15-22. I augmented the commentary on the Gospel reading with references to Isaiah 64:8 and Psalm 138:4, 5. The first closing prayer was a catena of my own based on Psalm 145:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 13 and 1 (in that order). There are only two more Sundays in the Church Calendar (Trinity 24 and Sunday Next Before Advent). I’ve already recorded both but not uploaded them to the AIC web site. Listen to the Trinity 23 Podcast Continue reading “Twenty-third Sunday After Trinity”
Twenty-second Sunday After Trinity and Episode Twenty-eight in Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation
I can hardly believe it is already near the end of the week, but it has been a productive week. I’ve completed the final episode in Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation. Episode Twenty-eight is focused on Chapter 22. The key illustration is River of Life and Tree of Life from the Bamberg Apocalypse. Continue reading “Twenty-second Sunday After Trinity and Episode Twenty-eight in Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation”
Revelation – Episode 27 and Twenty-first Sunday After Trinity
I can hardly believe I have come to the end of the video series on Revelation, with the final production of both Episodes Twenty-seven and Twenty-eight. Episode Twenty-seven, focused on Chapter 21, the New Jerusalem, has been uploaded to the AIC’s You Tube channel. This may be the best video so far in the series, since Continue reading “Revelation – Episode 27 and Twenty-first Sunday After Trinity”
Revelation: Episode 26 (Parts 1 & 2) & Twentieth Sunday After Trinity
After a rocky start to the week (hip joint problems) I got back on track (literally and figuratively) by midweek. This week’s installment of the Revelation series video required a change of plan. Owing to the length, I had to split the Episode into two parts. Part 1 is Revelation 20:1-6, St. John’s poetic introduction. Part 2 is verses 7 through 21. The illustration is Binding and Loosing of the Beast from the Bamberg Apocalypse.
Watch Episode 26 (Part 1) Listen to the Podcast version
Watch Episode 26 (Part 2) Listen to the Podcast version
Continue reading “Revelation: Episode 26 (Parts 1 & 2) & Twentieth Sunday After Trinity”
Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity and Episode 25 in Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation
This has been a terrific week! The rainy weather finally abated and the sun came out and the temperature went up. Early in the week, shut-in owing to the stormy weather, I completed and uploaded Episode Twenty-five in Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation. Continue reading “Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity and Episode 25 in Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation”
Revelation – Episode 24 and Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity
Episode Twenty-four in the on-going series, Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation, was uploaded to the AIC’s You Tube channel on Wednesday. With this episode I begin my discussion of Chapter 19, with verses 1-10. Continue reading “Revelation – Episode 24 and Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity”
Earlier today I completed and uploaded Revelation: An Idealist
Interpretation, Episode Twenty-three in both video and podcast versions. The topic is Revelation, Chapter 18, the Fall of Babylon. Illustrations from the Bamberg Apocalypse include Folio 45, the Fall of Babylon and Folio 46, Angel with Millstone. Watch the Video on You Tube Or Listen to the Podcast version.
Chapter 18 is the second of two chapters in Act III of the Divine Drama that is the second half of Revelation. The chapter includes a litany of condemnation and graphic depiction of the manner and mode of punishment for the spiritual Babylon (Rome), including punishment doubled consistent with her transgression. I explain the Greek meaning of the word from which “fornication” is derived and point out that it means not only harlotry but also idolatry.
I also completed and uploaded my Podcast Homily for Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity (Ephesians 4:1-6; Luke 14:1-11). Listen to the Podcast Homily
I have now completed all the scripts and slides for the series and will be introducing them, one per week, until the final episode, Episode Twenty-eight, is uploaded. I have started work on the book version, which I hope will be ready for Easter 2016 A.D.
Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity
Quite a busy week, starting with a heart catheterization on Tuesday. I am thankful and glad to report that the test found no new blockages in my heart and no obstruction in the stent which was installed in 2013. The most convincing theory of the moment is that my symptoms were the result of stress, lack of exercise and lack of sleep, etc. Consequently, lifestyle changes have already been made, including regular exercise, including at least 30 minutes of walking, and regular massages at my chiropractor’s office.
There will be no new episodes in our Bible Study series on Revelation this week. I hope to complete work on Episode 23, focused on Revelation 18, before the end of next week. All the slides are done, as is the sound recording. I have to coordinate the pictures and sound, tedious, time-consuming work for which had neither time nor energy for this week! Thanks for your patience.
I am presently at work on the final Chapter of Revelation and hope to have all the episodes completed before the middle of October.
I did complete and upload to the AIC Web Site and Facebook my Podcast Homily for Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity. The Gospel reading covers the Raising of the Son of the Widow of Nain (Luke 7:11-17). The only illustration I know of is the lovely watercolor from the Life of Christ series by James Tissot at the Brooklyn Museum.
Revelation – Episode 22 and Trinity 15
The AIC’s Revelation series moves closer to the end of the series with Episode Twenty-two, The Harlot of Babylon and Her Beast, focused on Chapter 17. There is only one new illustration, from Folio 43, the Bamberg Apocalypse, The Whore of Babylon. As you see, the title follows the King James text while title follows the less inflammatory version used in the New King James Version. Continue reading “Revelation – Episode 22 and Trinity 15”
Revelation – Episode Twenty-one
The episodes of Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation get harder to do as St. John moves toward the concluding chapters. The subjects become more complex and include new images. Episode Twenty-one, completed and uploaded earlier today, is focused on Chapters 15 and 16. Continue reading “Revelation – Episode Twenty-one”
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