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A Man Who Sees a Dimension Beyond This Life

1/17/2022

 
Painting of St Anthony the Great in The Louvre in Paris
Today, January 17, is the Feast of Saint Anthony the Great, Father of Monks. May his prayers be with us.
"The monk is a man who sees a dimension beyond this life. He sees the next life with the eyes of faith and passionately anticipates eternity on this earth. “At the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage …there is no male or female…” This describes the next life, but the monk experiences it now." An excerpt from the article: “Monastic Life in the Church” by Father Edmond Khashan O.L.M.
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Image: Painting c.1465 in The Louvre in Paris. Photo by Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. on Flickr

O Christ, How Sweet Is Our Fasting

3/25/2021

 
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​ O Christ, how sweet is our fasting, how delicious is your doctrine. He who fasts with faith inherits the kingdom. Maronite Liturgy

Do Not Deify Fasting

3/20/2021

 
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"Fasting is there to strengthen you; do not deify fasting."
From the Eighth Experience of Raymond Nader with Saint Sharbel.

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​This Time Is a Time of Fasting, Repentance and Prayer

3/20/2021

 
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​This time is a time of fasting, repentance and prayer, when we must take you for our model and walk in your steps. It is a sacred time when we receive grace and mercy. Maronite Liturgy

Our Lord Fasted and Saved the Church

3/17/2021

 
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​Prophets and messengers fasted, and drew closer to God. Our Lord fasted and saved the Church, giving his body as a food and his blood as a drink. Come, let us offer glory to him. Maronite Liturgy

Raise Our Thoughts to You

3/11/2021

 
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O God, during this blessed Lent raise our thoughts to you,
draw us away from the mire of sin, and strip us of every bad intention.
Maronite Liturgy

Send Upon Our Spirits Your Heavenly

3/8/2021

 
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Send upon our spirits your heavenly light that we may be enlightened during this Lent.
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​By Fasting and Prayer the Fathers Mortified Their Human Passion

3/4/2021

 
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​By fasting and prayer the fathers mortified their human passion so that you alone might live in them.
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Extend Your Right Hand and Bless Us

3/3/2021

 
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​Christ our God, you fasted and opened for us the way to life and victory;
accept our prayer, extend your right hand and bless us.
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Teach Us Now, O Lord, to Fast and Pray

3/2/2021

 
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​Teach us now, O Lord, to fast and pray: by fasting and prayer our ancestors were sanctified and returned to their Lord, and sinners were led along the right way. Maronite Liturgy

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