Liturgy Lesson for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity: Love and Serve Him.
September 12, 2011
Our entrance to the parish is called the “narthex,” derived from a Greek word for “fennel”—a hollow-stalked herb, a word also meaning “small case,” but literally referring to its function as the “north exit.” Through its culinary roots, this symbolizes the movement of the Gospel’s flavor—via God’s people who Jesus called “the Salt of the Earth”—to the heathen north in ancient times. This aromatic and medicinal herb name derivation speaks to our own mission of entering and leaving God’s house in the “aroma of Christ,” as St. Paul wrote (by the Holy Ghost) in 2 Corinthians 2:15 (NKJV) “For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.” Like the first century Gospel migration, we pass through Christ’s fragrance to worship Him, then again as we leave, energized to carry His Gospel out the north exit—to the World! All Saints’ narthex is the entry hall or lobby connecting the nave (seating area), and the cloister (breezeway) and entered by passing through two red doors, which signify our passing through the Blood of Christ to enter the Kingdom. What a wonderful devotion as enter, to thank our wonderful Lord for His cleansing Blood, then ask Him to fill and surround with His own fragrance as we enter His courts, afterwards taking that same Heavenly aroma forth to love and serve Him!!
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