Lamplighting Prayer Two

We continue our review of the lamplighting prayers of Vespers with understanding, and maybe more importantly, admitting our sin in front of God. Today our Daily Lenten Journey of Prayer will focus on our urgent appeal to God’s reason, and not His wrath. O Lord, do not rebuke us in Your indignation nor chasten us…

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Orthros Prayer Ten

It is too easy to think all Saints were always saints. Some of the greatest saints were among the ‘worst’ sinners. Today our Daily Lenten Journey will consider how we can pray for repentance and forgiveness of sins. During Great Lent the Church, because she loves us, elevates saints of great repentance. Since before Great…

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Orthros Prayer Seven

Something we struggle to embrace is that we don’t inherently know how to pray. The disciples asked Christ, Who taught us the Lord’s Prayer. Still, we stand daily at our home altar struggling how to pray. Lucky for us, the Holy Spirit is on our side. O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,…

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Episode 446 – Healing as a Family

People along with the priest worshiping in the church

When we gather as the family of God, we have the blessing to bring people to Christ who need His help and healing. When Christ saw the faith of four friends of a paralyzed man, He healed the man and forgave his sins. Our responsibility to God is bring people to the Church so they…

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The Last Prayer of the Day

To wrap up our series on personal prayer in the evening, we turn our attention to the ritual of bedtime. We wash our bodies and set out our clothes for tomorrow. You might want to just ‘jump in bed’ but you would miss out on the joy of giving yourself to God. Under the protection…

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Evening Prayer for Forgiveness

I see it all the time. Nobody confesses the ‘small sins’ since we can’t avoid them, but these are the sins the ‘add up’ to a life distant from the love of God. So today our Daily Lenten Journey will focus on an Evening Prayer for Forgiveness, something we all need but rarely ask from…

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Betraying God

When we think of betrayal, we often think about how Judas teamed up with the elites to arrest and kills Jesus. We think about how the elites willingly chose to release a murderer from prison and kill Jesus. We never think of how we betray God. We betray Him all the time. At that time,…

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Life over Death

In the past several years the battle over legalized abortion in our nation has been thrust to the ‘top’ of every political agenda. With the overturning of Roe V Wade, the question of when and if it is ok to kill an unborn child is once again ‘on the ballot’ of public opinion. Today is…

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Episode 443 – A Real-Life Prodigal Son

People along with the priest worshiping in the church

When someone who has wasted everything and lost everything, or has strayed away from God, chooses to return in repentance, it is a blessing to witness. The Parable of the Prodigal Son is much more than just a story about repentance. It is also a story of the ‘one left behind’ and being too cold…

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