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 Third Sunday, Of the Cros – Priorities – Mark 8:34-9:1

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Today is the third Sunday of Great Lent and the day in which we adore the precious and life-giving cross of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ. In life, if you do anything, if you’re to be… Continue reading Great Lent, the Third Sunday, Of the Cros – Priorities – Mark 8:34-9:1

Great Lent, the Third Sunday, What shall we trade? – Mark 8:34-9:1

Brothers and sisters, a Christian must always be able to answer questions. You must always be comparing things. Constantly, daily, hour-by-hour, minute-by-minute, you should be making comparisons and you should be making trades. St. Andrew of Crete, in his Great Canon, urges himself to be a great trader. What is this that he is trading?… Continue reading Great Lent, the Third Sunday, What shall we trade? – Mark 8:34-9:1

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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, Thursday, The Sixth Hour- "the ensign of the people" – Isaiah 11:10-12:2

In that day the root of Jesse, who standeth for an ensign of the people, him the Gentiles shall beseech, and his sepulchre shall be glorious. Great Lent, the Third Week, Thursday, The Sixth Hour, Isaiah 11:10, from the selection: Isaiah 11:10-12:2 The “root of Jesse” is none other than our Lord Jesus Christ, who… Continue reading Great Lent, the 3rd Week, Thursday, The Sixth Hour- "the ensign of the people" – Isaiah 11:10-12:2

Great Lent, the Third Week, Wednesday – "Joyful celebration of the fast"

As we continue in the joyful celebration of the fast, we cry aloud: keep us all in peace, O Lord, deliver us from every snare of the enemy, and in Thy surpassing love count us worthy to venerate with love Thy precious cross, through which thou grantest to the inhabited world Thy mercy, O Thou… Continue reading Great Lent, the Third Week, Wednesday – "Joyful celebration of the fast"