[NOTE: When I was reading the lessons for today, I couldn't think of a more relevant message than the one I wrote back in 2019, right after today's feast. So here's a re-post of that piece. Enjoy!] -- As I was writing my post for the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels the other … Continue reading “I Saw Satan Fall like Lightning” (Further thoughts on Revelation 12.7-12) (Repost)
Today is Thanksgiving Sunday here in Canada, but as I was getting ready to write a post in honour of the holiday, I realized that today’s Gospel reading is a very important one, and one that I’ve never actually reflected on in this space. For it’s in this parable that Jesus explains how he understood … Continue reading The Cross from Jesus’ Perspective: A Reflection on Matthew 21.33-46
As I was writing my post for the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels the other day, I was struck by something in the text from the Apocalypse that had slipped past my notice in previous readings. In the dense symbolic language of its genre, the text describes a battle between warring factions in … Continue reading “I Saw Satan Fall like Lightning” (Further thoughts on Revelation 12.7-12)
Matthew Root 