S3:12 EP37: The Return of the King

Celebrating Holy Week and the Paschal Triduum with the Lord of the Rings - exploring Aragorn's Christ-like role as Healer, Priest, and King. We'll also talk about the Lord's Descent into Hell, the beauty of Holy Week Services (and what they entail), and the Hope that comes from a Returning King. Happy Holy Week, Happy Easter! 

“For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King 

 

“Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

 

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From an Ancient Homily - Holy Saturday

https://www.vatican.va/spirit/documents/spirit_20010414_omelia-sabato-santo_en.html  

 

Late Byzantine fresco of the Harrowing of Hell (Anastasis), Chora Church in Constantinople (modern Istanbul).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrowing_of_Hell#/media/File:Anastasis_at_Chora.jpg 

 

Before his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ grants salvation to souls by the Harrowing of Hell. Fresco, by Fra Angelico, c. 1430s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrowing_of_Hell#/media/File:Fra_Angelico_024.jpg 

 

Christ's Descent into Limbo by Andrea Mantegna and studio, c. 1470.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrowing_of_Hell#/media/File:MantegnaDescentLimbo.jpg 

 

Harrowing of Hades, an icon by Dionisius, from the Ferapontov Monastery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrowing_of_Hell#/media/File:Descent_into_hell-Russian_Museum.jpg  

 

 

Journeying through Advent with Lord of the Rings

https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/journeying-through-advent-with-lord-of-the-rings 

 

Lent Lord of the Rings

https://lentenlordoftherings.wordpress.com