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Great Lent: Our Journey To Meet Our Heavenly Bridegroom

St. John Chrysostom Jan 8, 2024
Excerpts about fasting from the teachings of St. John Chrysostom, may his prayers be with us, Amen. When the fast makes its appearance, like a kind of spiritual summer, let us as soldiers burnish our weapons, and as harvesters sharpen our sickles, and as sailors order our thoughts against the waves of extravagant desires, and …

Fasting and Repentance

Those who fast and receive no benefit from it must have fasted in a wrong way; in this case, what is to blame is not fasting itself, but the method followed. Fasting is a period of concentrated spiritual activity, a period of loving God and adhering to Him. As a result of this love, one …

Benefits and Importance of Fasting

Fasting is one of the most important spiritual means. But why? First of all, because it helps us keep self-control. As the one fasting abstains from eating and drinking generally for a period of time, he stops himself from eating whatever relates to animal fat.  And so he learns restraint. In the process of restraining from …

On Fasting

A Papal message to his children that had emigrated to other countries on the occasion of holy Lent. It was written shortly before his departure on 9th March 1971. Peace to you from the Lord and grace and blessing. Our Good and Compassionate God, Who preserves His children everywhere and in all ages, Who gave …

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Fr Youhanna Yanny - 8th February 2026

Seeking the Food That Lasts

08/02/2026 Gospel Sermon on: John 6 : 22 - 27 22 On the following day, when the people who were standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except that one which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with His disciples, but His disciples had gone away alone-- 23 however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks-- 24 when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. 25 And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, "Rabbi, when did You come here?" 26 Jesus answered them and said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him." Glory be to God forever.

 

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