Lent Retreat Week Three: Fortitude: Patience + Perseverance

Fortitude – Great Lenten Retreat Week Three Fortitude is our virtue as we enter the third week of our Great Lent retreat. This is the third article in our Great Lent retreat series. So if you missed the earlier article on Humility and Justice, check it out here. And you can find last week’s article …

Learning Temperance and Being in the Present Moment

Great Lent Retreat: Being in the Moment and Temperance

Temperance and Living in the Moment – Great Lenten Retreat Week Two Welcome to our second week of our Great Lent retreat, with temperance and living in the moment as our virtues to grow in. This is the second article in our Great Lent retreat series. So if you missed last week’s article on Humility …

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Lent Retreat Week One: Humility and Justice

Humility and Justice – Week One of our Great Lenten Retreat. Great Lenten Retreat Last year we did a great decluttering challenge for Lent, to focus on detachment. This year we are going to do a seven week series on the virtues! We will start with the four cardinal virtues and a relatable virtue for …

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Make Your Prayer Life Great Again – Part 3 – Theotokos – Byz Rosary

The Theotokos is ready to help your make your prayer life great again (through the Rosary and other Marian prayers)! This is the third and final week in our Great Lenten series on deepening your prayer life. The first week we talked about praying with our Guardian Angel. And last week we discussed spicing up …

Make Your Prayer Life Great Again – Part 2 – Icon Corner

Icon corners are where it is at! Last week we talked about how to make your prayer life great again with your guardian angel. This week we are talking about deepening our prayer life with icon corners! Great Practice Two – Spice Up Your Icon Corner So before we can talk about how to improve …

Prayers, Preparedness, Penance – The Byzantine Life on COVID-19

“Penance, Penance, Penance” -Angel to the Fatima Children, 3rd Vision, July 13, 1917. (Source: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20000626_message-fatima_en.html) A Brief Public Service Announcement From Kyleshka, TheBadgerDad, Little Fox and Little Badger of The Byzantine Life: Stay safe and well, brothers and sisters! May the Lord grant that our Churches continue the Apostolate of the Great Commission and bring …

Make Your Prayer Life Great Again

Make Your Prayer Life Great Again – Part 1 – Guardian Angel

Make your prayer life GREAT again this Great Lent. This week we are going to talk about one of three ways to deepen our prayer life. And now is the day to start! That’s right. It doesn’t need to be Clean Monday, Holy Thursday, or Pure Monday to start some new prayer practices. The day …

Guest Post: Dormition Fast, The Season of the Theotokos

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever! August 1 to August 15 marks another special season in the liturgical calendar of the Byzantine Church.  A season dedicated to preparing with prayer and penance a heart like our Blessed Mother, the Holy Theotokos.  We try to create a heart like Her’s because on August 15 the Theotokos …