Raised from Despair
May 10, 2020 ·
10m 41s
On the Sunday of the Paralytic, Bp. Irineos references one of the sticheron from the Vespers, where the paralytic compares his bed to a grave and suggests he has no...
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On the Sunday of the Paralytic, Bp. Irineos references one of the sticheron from the Vespers, where the paralytic compares his bed to a grave and suggests he has no need to live anymore. Examining both the patristic commentary on the despondency of the paralytic and the Church's understanding of baptism not only as a re-birth, but as a death to sin, Bp. Irineos reflects on what this vespers hymn should mean to us in light of the Gospel story.
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