tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post114400046604709423..comments2023-04-04T11:00:28.668-05:00Comments on Gottesblog: PassiontideFr BFEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-12499339433665444592009-03-02T13:17:00.000-06:002009-03-02T13:17:00.000-06:00Passion Sunday is meant to introduce Passiontide, ...Passion Sunday is meant to introduce Passiontide, and entire two-week emphasis on the Passion of Christ which culminates on Good Friday. So no, it shouldn't confuse anyone, especially if the emphasis of Passiontide is distinguished a bit from the rest of the Lenten season.Fr BFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-28065786241863392412009-03-01T04:50:00.000-06:002009-03-01T04:50:00.000-06:00Just curious, does having Passion Sunday the Sund...Just curious, does having Passion Sunday the Sunday before Palm Sunday confuse some people? <BR/>Do you receive feedback about it seeming to be in conflict with Good Friday? <BR/><BR/>A curious Presbyterian....C Jarred Hammet, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05358253645564676686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-1144251970637169372006-04-05T10:46:00.000-05:002006-04-05T10:46:00.000-05:00Well put, Fr. Eckardt.Fr. Gregory HoggWell put, Fr. Eckardt.<BR/><BR/>Fr. Gregory HoggAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-1144246316760119362006-04-05T09:11:00.000-05:002006-04-05T09:11:00.000-05:00Fr. Hogg,Yes, certainly the East is not lacking in...Fr. Hogg,<BR/><BR/>Yes, certainly the East is not lacking in references to penitence. With all its venerable saints waxing so eloquent on the subject, how could it? My observation has to do with thematic stresses and unity. The fact that a thematic unity links the Sundays of Lent to one another seems more pronounced than at other times of the year, in both traditions. In the West, it is also Fr BFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-1144242142017628212006-04-05T08:02:00.000-05:002006-04-05T08:02:00.000-05:00Fr. Eckardt,I don't think we're that far apart on ...Fr. Eckardt,<BR/><BR/>I don't think we're that far apart on the question of Lenten emphasis (though I don't think you quite capture the point of hesychasm). I willingly grant the point that the thread of self-denial runs through Eastern Lenten themes. There is also, however, a prominent role for penitence as well. Compare the following Lenten verses:<BR/><BR/>"When I disobeyed in ignorance Thy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-1144171031881060562006-04-04T12:17:00.000-05:002006-04-04T12:17:00.000-05:00Leave it to Latif to find something the rest of us...Leave it to Latif to find something the rest of us miss. Yes, "He hid Himself" certainly makes veiling appropriate.<BR/><BR/>Regarding the Eastern Lenten emphasis, I did not mean to imply that the Passion is omitted in it, but rather to say that the thread of self-denial seems to run more prominently throughout their Lenten themes than in the West. The Eastern Lenten emphasis on hesychasm, for Fr BFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-1144113626942629802006-04-03T20:20:00.000-05:002006-04-03T20:20:00.000-05:00Actually, Fr. Eckardt, the third Sunday in Great L...Actually, Fr. Eckardt, the third Sunday in Great Lent for the East marks "The Adoration of the Holy Cross." Last Sunday we processed around the nave with a cross, surrounded by flowers. For us the cross is glorious, because it marks Christ's victory over sin, death, hell and the devil. Yesterday's gospel, too, ended with the Lord's foretelling his passion and resurrection.<BR/><BR/>Cordially, in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-1144104953685679632006-04-03T17:55:00.000-05:002006-04-03T17:55:00.000-05:00Fr. Eckardt,You may be right regarding the reason ...Fr. Eckardt,<BR/>You may be right regarding the reason veiling is not practiced in the Eastern Churches. It seems to me, though, & I'm happy to be corrected, that it simply never developed historically in the East, perhaps partly because it is less feasable to veil artwork that is two dimensional, which is much more common in the East. But the topic of veiling statues and crucifixes is very Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com