Posts Tagged ‘Time’
Great Compline Prayer One
The final service our Daily Lenten Journey will review is unique to Great Lent. Although the Small Compline is ‘part’ of our regular evening prayers as individuals, the Great Compline is ONLY offered during Great Lent, and it is offered normally in the Church. The term ‘compline’ is a translation of the Greek word meaning…
Read MoreVespers Entrance Prayer
Vespers is the “Twelfth Hour” and therefore the service that straddles the gap between day and night. Behind us are the hours of the day. Ahead are the watches of the night. Today’s Daily Lenten Journey will feature the prayer during which we ‘enter’ into the night. In the evening, at dawn, and at midday,…
Read MoreOrthros Prayer Eight
Social media is overflowing with memes about sleepy mornings. We lie awake all night only to ‘finally’ fall asleep comfortably just moments before our alarm rings. We press the snooze button to ‘snatch’ a few extra minutes before the day begins. We would rather stay under the covers. Especially after a time change, we all…
Read MoreOrthros Prayer One
We are two weeks into our Daily Lenten Journey and we have discussed our personal prayers throughout the day. As Orthodox Christians our prayers are not only personal. We also gather as a family in Church for Church services. These communal prayers are our next series. Even if you attend the Orthros service, which admittedly…
Read MoreEvening 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…
Read MorePrayers Before Sleep
We’re going to change gears with our Daily Lenten Journey today. We return to ‘personal’ prayer as we prepare for bed. We finish our day the same way we began, with prayer. After we pray the Trisagion Prayer, there are a few ‘extensions’ prayers like we had in the morning. We will spend the remainder…
Read MorePrayer of the Ninth Hour
We are making our way through the day focusing on the Hours of Prayer. If you have been engaging in the prayers, then you are ready for the Prayer of the Ninth Hour, the time when Christ died on the Cross. Our Lord and Savior hung on the Cross for three hours before lifting up…
Read MorePrayer for the Sixth Hour
It’s about the most unamerican idea the Church could suggest. American society is based upon doing your best work in exchange for being honored and promoted. The better you are, the more you are given by others. The Christian life, on the other hand, teaches voluntary suffering. Today’s Daily Lenten Journey continues our series on…
Read MorePrayer of the Third Hour
As Christians we hope to walk in the Light of Christ every day. At least that is the prayer of the First Hour which we discussed yesterday. If we walk in the Light of Christ that also means that we walk in the His shadow, living like He lived. That brings us to the Third…
Read MorePrayer of the First Hour
Our Daily Lenten Journey this year is focused on prayer. Yesterday we finished our series on morning prayers. Did you know the Church has ‘services’ dedicated to the different hours of the day? Now we will turn our attention to communal prayers offered during the day. For centuries the People of God have gathered throughout…
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