March 18th: Exodus 25 & Matthew 23:13-39
March 17, 2020
Alastair Roberts
Ark of the Covenant, Table of the Presence, Lampstand. Jesus condemns the scribes and Pharisees and weeps over Jerusalem.
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).
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