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Lessons from St. Mary of Egypt
Dear Faithful, We have reached the last Sunday of Great Lent. On this last Sunday, the Church presents before us the quintessential example of repentance—the life of St. Mary of Egypt. The Church has put repentance before us as the central task we are trying to accomplish throughout the course of the Fast and…
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Soul Saturdays
Dear Faithful, Congratulations on completing the second week of Great Lent. As we noted last week, Great Lent’s main theme is repentance. The Church teaches that we can work out our repentance through three main methods—prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Regarding almsgiving, it isn’t just monetary; it is a work of mercy to help…
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The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we finish the 2nd week of Lent, I would like to focus on a service that is peculiar to this holy season—the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. It is a beautiful Liturgy, one only celebrated during the Great Fast. There is much history to this service, and while we…
A Reflection on the Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
“The lenten journey begins thus with a return to the ‘starting point’–the world of Creation, Fall, and Redemption, the world in which all things speak of God and reflect His glory, in which all events are referred to God, in which man finds the true dimension of his life, and having found it, repents”…