Saturday After Lent 4

Psalm 51

Saturday After Lent 4

Start by reading Psalm 51 reflectively. After a period of silence, read over the quote for the day. Consider within yourself what it might mean…

Amma Syncletica said, “It is not good to get angry, but if this should happen, the Apostle does not allow you a whole day for this passion, for he says: ‘Let not the sun go down (Eph. 4:25).’ Will you wait till all your time is ended? Why hate the man who has grieved you? It is not he who has done the wrong, but the devil. Hate the sickness but not the sick person (The Sayings of the Desert Fathers Sigma.13).”

Friday After Lent 4

Psalm 51

Friday After Lent 4

Start by reading Psalm 51 reflectively. After a period of silence, read over the quote for the day. Consider within yourself what it might mean…

Abba Anthony said, “A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him saying, ‘You are mad, you are not like us.’ (The Sayings of the Desert Fathers Alpha.25).”

Thursday After Lent 4

Psalm 51

Thursday After Lent 4

Start by reading Psalm 51 reflectively. After a period of silence, read over the quote for the day. Consider within yourself what it might mean…

Amma Syncletica said, “It is dangerous for anyone to teach who has not first been trained in the “practical” life. For if someone who owns a ruined house receives guests there, he does them harm because of the dilapidation of his dwelling. It is the same in the case of someone who has not first built an interior dwelling; he causes loss to those who come. By words one may convert them to salvation, but by evil behavior, on injures them (The Sayings of the Desert Fathers Sigma.12).”

Wednesday After Lent 4

Psalm 51

Wednesday After Lent 4 (Eucharist 9:30 am/Stations; Benediction; Meditation 7 pm) Start by reading Psalm 51 reflectively. After a period of silence, read over the quote for the day. Consider within yourself what it might mean…

One day Abba Anthony received a letter from the Emperor Constantius asking him to come to Constantinople and he wondered whether he ought to go. So, he said to Abba Paul, his disciple, “Ought I to go?” He replied, “If you go, you will be called Anthony, but if you stay here, you will be called Abba Anthony (The Sayings of the Desert Fathers Alpha.31).”

Tonight we discuss planning our funerals. Come figure out the readings and hymns for your funeral service.

Tuesday After Lent 4

Psalm 51

Tuesday After Lent 4

Start by reading Psalm 51 reflectively. After a period of silence, read over the quote for the day. Consider within yourself what it might mean…

Amma Sarah said, “If I prayed to God that all men should approve of my conduct, I should find myself a penitent at the door of each one, but I shall rather pray that my heart may be pure towards all (The Sayings of the Desert Fathers Sigma.5).”

Monday After Lent 4

Psalm 51

Monday After Lent 4

Start by reading Psalm 51 reflectively. After a period of silence, read over the quote for the day. Consider within yourself what it might mean…

“A brother at Scetis committed fault. A council was called to which Abba Moses was invited, but he refused to go to it. The the priest sent someone to say to hi, ‘Come, for everyone is waiting for you.’ So, he got up and went. He took a leaking jug, filled it with water and carried it with him. The others came out to meet him and said, ‘What is this Father?’ The old man said to them, ‘My sins run out behind me, and I do not see them, and today I am coming to judge the errors of another.’ When they heard that, they said no more to the brother, but forgave him.” (The Sayings of the Desert Fathers Mu. 2)

Fourth Sunday of Lent

*Sunday is always considered a feast day, or a 

‘Little Easter.’ Take a break.

4th Sunday of Lent