Lord and Master of my life, give me not a spirit of sloth, idle curiosity, love of power, and useless chatter. Rather grant to me, Your servant, a spirit of chastity, humility, patience , and love. Yes, Lord and King, grant me to see my own faults and not to condemn my brother; for You are blessed to the ages of ages. Amen.
“Like candles, so our souls must stand upright before God.
The narrow way, my brothers, leads to the Kingdom of God. Only in restraint of mind, heart and will can the candles of virtue be lit, the flames of which rise up before God. We must, under the image of burning candles, understand the Christian virtues.”
18 January
“We must always pray. But Lent is the time of an increase of prayer and also of its deepening. The simplest way is, first, to add the Lenten prayer of St. Ephrem the Syrian to our private morning and evening prayers. Then, it is good and profitable to set certain hours of the day for a short prayer: this can be done “internally”—at the office, in the car, everywhere. The important thing here is to remember constantly that we are in Lent, to be spiritually “referred” to its final goal: renewal, penitence, closer contact with God.”
O our good and sweet Lord
stir up our souls that they may continually
nourish themselves with
Thee and remain alive
Thou art our Bread of Life
February 28
He heals the brokenhearted
and He binds up all their wounds
He numbers the multitude of the stars
And calls them by name
Great is our Lord
and great is His strength
His understanding exceeds every measure
Jeremiah 32:27
“God belongs to all free beings. He is the life of all, the salvation of all – faithful and unfaithful, just and unjust, pious and impious, passionate and dispassionate, monks and laymen, wise and simple, healthy and sick, young and old. Just as the effusion of light, the sight of the sun and the changes of the seasons are for all alike. For there is no respect of persons with God.”
“it is important to know that the Church considers
the psalms to be an essential spiritual food
for the Lenten season”
Great Lent: A School of Repentance Its Meaning for Orthodox Christians
“…no soul can exist without God, without His Son,
without His Spirit. God is my being, my breath,
my light, my strength, my drink, my food.
He carries me as a mother
carries her infant in her arms.
More than this. Carrying me, my soul and body,
He dwells in me, and is united to me.”
My Life in Christ
This post is dedicated to Libby, a wonderful woman who has
been inspiring and organizing the Psalter Prayer Group
with an amazing group of women, for the last ten some years.
Wishing everyone a blessed and spiritually profitable Lent!
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