Musings from the High Desert
Fr. Gabriel Rochelle shares from his wide range of insights, imaginings, and interests.
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Sermons from Saint Anthony of the Desert Mission: Part Five
Fr. Gabriel continues with the resurrection Epistles from II Corinthians, ...
Fr. Gabriel continues with the resurrection Epistles from II Corinthians, this week from the 6th chapter. In the first verses of this chapter, Paul urges his hearers not to receive the Gospel "in vain." We will consider what this means, working from Paul'
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Sermons from Saint Anthony of the Desert Mission: Part Four
Fr. Gabriel considers the two metaphors in the Epistle text ...
Fr. Gabriel considers the two metaphors in the Epistle text for the week (separate from the text for the Dedication of the Church of the Resurrection) from II Corinthians 4. The first metaphor is the famous one about clay jars holding precious treasure, a
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Sermons from Saint Anthony of the Desert Mission: Part Three
This week Fr. Gabriel once again seeks to unearth the ...
This week Fr. Gabriel once again seeks to unearth the treasures buried in a few short verses from Paul in his return letter to the Corinthians. These are the heart of the Epistle for this week, reminding us of God's positive action toward us through Chris
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Sermons from St. Anthony of the Desert Mission: Part Two
This week Fr. Gabriel again works with the Epistle lesson ...
This week Fr. Gabriel again works with the Epistle lesson from the final chapter of I Corinthians, chapter 16, focusing only on verses 13 and 14, where Paul gives us one of his wonderful nutshell lessons that encompass the gist of what he has been saying
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Sermons from St. Anthony of the Desert Mission
The western churches that use lectionaries have tried to coordinate ...
The western churches that use lectionaries have tried to coordinate these lessons in the three-year lectionary in use since the Seventies. In Orthodoxy the Epistles do not coordinate to the Gospels. Consequently, Fr. Gabriel usually preaches on the Epistl
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Flame in the Mind (Part 10)
Fr. Gabriel wraps up the series on catechesis for a ...
Fr. Gabriel wraps up the series on catechesis for a new century with six ways to focus on a new process. These include an emphasis on ritual (especially with regard to the process, beginning with enrollment), an emphasis on imagery, as in the mystagogy of
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Flame in the Mind (Part 9)
Fr. Gabriel discusses what happened over the course of the ...
Fr. Gabriel discusses what happened over the course of the centuries to contribute both to the demise of a catechetical process and, particularly in the western church, a re-definition of the process through a number of different understandings that arose
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Flame in the Mind (Part 8)
In this episode, Fr. Gabriel leads us through the consideration ...
In this episode, Fr. Gabriel leads us through the consideration of the catechetical process as it would have been developed by the end of the 4th or beginning of the 5th Century, emphasizing the instruction that would have taken place in three key areas k
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Flame in the Mind (Part 7)
Baptism—the washing itself—is central to the "awe-inspiring rites of initiation." ...
Baptism—the washing itself—is central to the "awe-inspiring rites of initiation." This week Fr. Gabriel explores the biblical background to baptism in the Old Testament, looks at the immediate background for Christian baptism in the rites available at the
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Flame in the Mind (Part 6)
This week Fr. Gabriel narrates a composite view of the ...
This week Fr. Gabriel narrates a composite view of the "awe-inspiring rites of initiation" as they may have been experienced around the turn of the 4th and 5th Centuries. Although this narrative is a fabrication, it follows quite closely what we know abou
