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Fasting

Dear Faithful, We are officially halfway through the Holy Fast. Great Lent is already past its midpoint. During the middle of the Fast, it is good for us to examine ourselves.   How am I doing this Lent?  Am I repenting? Have I really attempted to repent through the means of prayer, almsgiving, and fasting?…

Soul Saturdays
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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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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” (Great…