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Bright Thursday – The Wind Blows!

BlogApril 28, 2022246Views 0Likes 0Comments

Christ is risen! Ah, the beauties of Springtime! And the hay fever! For those of us susceptible to the reign of terror that is pollen season; the watery eyes, the stuffy nose, basically all the bad stuff on all the commercials we see for medicine to combat this scourge of this wonderful season; we love and…

Bright Wednesday – Seeking Him

BlogApril 27, 2022248Views 0Likes 0Comments

Christ is risen! "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them." As I've had to shelter in place during this beautiful time of year, I confess, I've been tempted with despair but then I read the rest of the quote and I refuse to allow the…

Bright Tuesday – Satan Falls Like a Star

BlogApril 26, 2022214Views 0Likes 0Comments

Christ is risen! The young man was very frustrated. His dad had just gotten him a new hunting dog and this was the first time the young man had to train the dog himself. The process was a lot tougher than the boy realized and he was out of answers. You see every time the boy…

Bright Monday – He Is Made Known!

BlogApril 25, 2022218Views 0Likes 1Comment

Christ Is Risen! What joy! What happiness! What a celebration! Words fail. Songs sung over and over again still cry out for more! Death is conquered by the Unconquered Son. O what news! The whole earth basks in the glow of the Victory of Christ over death! No more fear! No more night! The Son has…

Great and Holy Pascha – Christ is Risen!

BlogApril 24, 2022302Views 0Likes 0Comments

Chris IS Risen! Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs, He has granted life. On this Holy Pascha, I'd rather share the words of St. John Chrysostom and his glorious Paschal Homily: "If any man be devout and love God, let him enjoy this fair and…

Holy Saturday – Don’t Hide From Death

BlogApril 23, 2022348Views 0Likes 1Comment

We are a death-denying culture. In the US, the Funeral business is a $20 Billion industry employing over 13,000 people nationwide! And, in 2016 we crossed that line where over half of the American’s who passed away choose cremation over a burial. If we don’t choose cremation, we apply technics to the body to make…

Holy and Great Friday – Destroying Death BY Death

BlogApril 22, 2022398Views 0Likes 1Comment

On this Holy Friday: Let us pray to the Lord, O God and Father: How can the light of the sun pierce the terrible darkness of this day and its events? Your only Son, the true light, in the darkness of his ordeal, was pleased to embrace in his humanity the sufferings he could not endure in…

Holy Thursday – Betrayed By A Friend

BlogApril 21, 2022277Views 0Likes 0Comments

On this Holy Thursday: Let us pray to the Lord, O you whose love for us is eternal and unchanging: Today, as your Son reclined at the table with his chosen friends, he gave them the mysteries of his life-giving love for us, to be present forever on the altars of his holy churches throughout the world.…

Holy Wednesday – Anointed With Oil!

BlogApril 20, 2022312Views 0Likes 0Comments

On this Holy Wednesday: Let us pray to the Lord, O Lord who, in Your mercies and bounties, heals the disorders of our souls and bodies, do, the same Master, sanctify this Oil, that it may be effectual for those who shall be anointed therewith, unto healing, and unto relief from every passion, every malady of the…

Happy Birthday Fr. Barnabas

BlogApril 19, 2022300Views 0Likes 1Comment

Dear Faithful Partners of Faith Encouraged Ministries, Every year we reach out to you to help us celebrate Fr. Barnabas' birthday during the month of April. This year he turns 62 on April 20 - Holy Wednesday Recently he told me these years approaching "retirement age" fill him with both hope and dread. Hope in the sense…

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Bright Thursday – The Wind Blows!

Bright Wednesday – Seeking Him

Bright Tuesday – Satan Falls Like a Star

Bright Monday – He Is Made Known!

Great and Holy Pascha – Christ is Risen!

Holy Saturday – Don’t Hide From Death

Holy and Great Friday – Destroying Death BY Death

Holy Thursday – Betrayed By A Friend

Holy Wednesday – Anointed With Oil!

Happy Birthday Fr. Barnabas

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