Wisdom of the Eastern Fathers, Lent 02/15/18

“The moon as it waxes and wanes illustrates our condition: sometimes we do what is right, sometimes we sin and then through repentance return to a holy life. The… one who sins is not destroyed, just as the size of the moon does not diminish, but only its light. Through repentance we regain our true splendor, just as the moon after the period of waning clothes itself once more in its full light.”                

-St. John of Karpathos

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrecttion and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live.”                               
John 11:25

Psalm of the Day: #37

O Lord, let me not henceforth desire

   health or life except to spend them

      for you, with you and in you.

You alone know what is good for me;

   do what seems best to you.

Give to me or take from me; conform

   my will to yours; and grant that

with humble and perfect submission

   and in holy confidence

I may receive the orders

   of your eternal providence,

and may equally adore all

   that comes to me from you;   
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.       

          -Blaise Pascal