Posts Tagged ‘worship’
Bold Truth is Hard Truth
Truth is not relative. Truth does not change. There is no such thing as ‘your truth’ and ‘my truth’ ever. We either accept the truth or we do not. How we hear the truth is what matters for our salvation. If we hear the truth with joy, we rejoice. If not, we turn away from…
Read MoreGreat 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 MoreLamplighting Prayer Seven
Did you know we offer God more than just words during Church? Some people think the tradition of offering God sacrifices ended with the Old Testament. Every day in the Church we offer God more than just our thoughts and prayers. The Old Testament mandatory sacrifices included animal sacrifices for all sorts of reasons. You…
Read MoreOrthros Prayer at the Bowing of our Heads
Today’s Daily Lenten Journey will wrap up our series on the silent prayers of Orthros. Toward the end of Orthros, the priest makes a bold request from God. Over the past twelve days, we have prayed for mercy, peace and even praised God. Today we ask for His hand to come to us. O holy…
Read MoreOrthros Prayer Twelve
We have been reviewing the silent Orthros prayers. Some prayers ‘just say it all’ when it comes to our faith in God. Other prayers are more direct and specific. Today’s prayer is an all-encompassing prayer that finalizes the twelve prayers offered during the Six Psalms of Orthros. We praise You, we sing to You, we…
Read MoreOrthros Prayer Six
No matter what we may think, God is never the source of bad things in our lives. Questions like, “Why is God punishing me?” only reveal our temptation instead of God’s actions. Everything God does for us and to us is for our benefit. If we think otherwise, we need to change our minds. We…
Read MoreOrthros Prayer Four
As we make our way through the Orthros Prayers, we can’t ever forget the purpose of prayer in the first place. We pray to ‘talk’ to God and share our heart with Him. Morning, noon or night, our prayers remain for the same purpose. We are talking to God and He is listening. When we…
Read MoreOrthros Prayer Two
Yesterday we prayed for God to always have compassion on us because we can’t do with without Him. In our Orthros Prayer series, we now turn our attention to the commandments of God. His commandments light the way through the darkness to heaven. The problem is we fail to follow His commandments and have been…
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…
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