Lenten Meditations: Wednesday 28 February 2024

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Wed Feb 28 am 72 pm: 119:73-96 Gen 42:18-28 1 Cor 5:6-6:8 Mark 4:1-20 WEDNESDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF LENT – St. John Cassian, Priest 435 LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY: John Cassian was a 5th-century monastic saint known for his writings...

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Lenten Meditations: Tuesday 27 February 2024

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Tue Feb 27 am: 61, 62 pm: 68 Gen 42:1-17 1 Cor 5:1-8 Mark 3:19b-35   TUESDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF LENT – Feast Blessed George Herbert, Priest (1633). LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY: – On this day we recall one of the great examples...

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Lenten Meditations: Monday 26 February 2024

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Mon Feb 26 am: 56, 57, 58 pm: 64, 65 Gen 41:46-57 1 Cor 4:8-21 Mark 3:7-19a Second Monday of Lent   – St Porphyrius, Bishop of Gaza, 420 AD LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY:  Born in Thessaloniki in AD374, Saint Porphyrius was bishop of...

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Lenten Meditations: Sunday 25 February 2024

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Sun Feb 25 am: 30, 32 pm: 42, 43 Gen 17.1–7, 15–16 Rom 4.13–25 Mark 8.31–38 SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY:   Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann once wrote about the idea of Lent “To understand the various liturgical...

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Lenten Meditations: Saturday 24 February 2024

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am: 55 pm: 138, 139 Gen 41:1-13 1 Cor 4:1-7 Mark 2:23-36 Sat Feb 24 LENT I – St. Matthias Apostle and Martyr, 80 AD LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY: This feast day of the Apostle is not a universal date as other parts of the Western church...

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Lenten Meditations: Friday 23 February 2024

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Fri Feb 23 am: 40, 54 pm: 51 Gen 40:1-23 1 Cor 3:16-23 Mar 2:13-32 FIRST FRIDAY OF LENT – St. Polycarp Bishop of Smyrna and Martyr, 156 LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY: Polycarp was a Bishop who was under the tutelage of John the Divine. The...

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