Tag Archives: Lent

For those who have fallen- Lenten Regrets

Posted on April 10, 2015 by mrsmetaphor

“Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.” -St John Chrysostom It is always here, in the dark of Good Friday just before Pascha, that I find all the regret … Continue reading →

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Beginning Clean (book excerpt)

Posted on February 23, 2015 by mrsmetaphor

Beginning Clean (on fasting and failing) Let the mouth also fast from disgraceful speeches and railings. For what does it profit if we abstain from fish and fowl and yet bite and devour our brothers and sisters? The evil speaker … Continue reading →

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Lenten fasts for the cooking impaired

Posted on February 10, 2015 by mrsmetaphor

Lent is coming. I dread it every single year. I don’t dread the practice of fasting or the season Lent. In fact, I really dig it. The trouble comes in the fact that a)my family is picky and unaccustomed to … Continue reading →

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Good Friday: this floating space

Posted on April 18, 2014 by mrsmetaphor

I’m suspended here, in this floating space just before Pascha, in the air, in the water, it’s hard to explain. Before I have coffee in the morning there’s that groggy brain poking through, telling me I have to get up, … Continue reading →

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forgiveness…

Posted on March 2, 2014 by mrsmetaphor

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. -Matthew 6:14-15 In the Orthodox tradition Lent begins like wading … Continue reading →

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