Great Lent, the Sixth Week, Thursday – "Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom"

Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Great Lent, the Sixth Week, Thursday, Vespers. Proverbs 23:23 from the selection Proverbs 23:15-24:5 The wise virgins told the foolish to go and buy for yourselves, when asked to give some of their oil to the foolish. “And the foolish said unto the wise,… Continue reading Great Lent, the Sixth Week, Thursday – "Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom"

Great Lent, the 4th Week, Monday, Vespers – "Fair and foolish"

A golden ring in a swine’s snout, a woman fair and foolish. Great Lent, the Fourth Week, Vespers, Proverbs 11:22 from the selection: Prov 11:19-12:6 The Proverbs has many pithy and sometimes humorous phrases. What a sight it would be to see a woman, beautiful in all ways, except that she has the nose of… Continue reading Great Lent, the 4th Week, Monday, Vespers – "Fair and foolish"

Great Lent, the 3rd Week, Friday, Vespers – "A deceitful balance" – Proverbs 10:31-11:12

A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will. Great Lent, the Third Week, Friday, Vespers – Proverbs 11:1, from the selection: Proverbs 10:31-11:12 The Proverbs are excellent texts for checking ourselves. Many of you have heard many times that we must read the scriptures with the intent… Continue reading Great Lent, the 3rd Week, Friday, Vespers – "A deceitful balance" – Proverbs 10:31-11:12

Great Lent, the 3rd Week, Tuesday, Vespers – Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars – Proverbs 9:1-6

Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars. 2. She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table. 3. She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying, 4. Who so is foolish, let him turn aside… Continue reading Great Lent, the 3rd Week, Tuesday, Vespers – Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars – Proverbs 9:1-6

Great Lent, the 2nd week, Monday – Why are things hard? – Proverbs 3:34 – 4:26

The Lord resists the proud; but he gives grace to the humble. Monday in the Second Week – At Vespers, Prov 3:34 – 4:26 With grace, everything is easy. The man fully in the Spirit, fully in the grace of God, does not consider the yoke of righteousness to be burdensome, but easily, and freely,… Continue reading Great Lent, the 2nd week, Monday – Why are things hard? – Proverbs 3:34 – 4:26