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Jesus Prayer: Lord Jesus, Son of God, Pray for me, a sinner. Amen.
Today’s Bible reading from the Gospel of St John speaks of the beloved disciple, and from earliest times we have identified this disciple with John. It is strange, however, that this identification is not made in the Gospel. It may be that in so readily equating the beloved disciple with John, we miss out on an important truth of the Gospel, which is that we are all beloved disciples – this title is not that of John only; it is open to us all [ … ]
In this deeply moving catechesis, St. John Chrysostom leads us into the mystery of Christ’s Passion, focusing our attention on the extraordinary power and significance of his blood. For Chrysostom, this blood is not just a historical detail or a symbol of suffering—it is life itself. It is protection, healing, rebirth, and nourishment. It is the very source from which the Church is born [ … ]
The poem speaks within the tradition of Christian eschatology, drawing on imagery of the Last Judgment as found in the Book of Revelation. The opening command, ‘At the round earth’s imagin’d corners, blow / Your trumpets, angels,’ invokes the apocalyptic vision of angels summoning the dead from the four corners of the world. The imperative verb ‘blow’ places Donne in a position of assumed authority, yet the command is not sustained. The invocation of cosmic forces collapses into a more personal meditation on sin, repentance, and divine grace [ … ]
