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Lenten Reflection – Day 5 of the Great Lent
ByJobin February 20, 2026February 24, 2026

Day 5 of the Great Lent – James 3:13–4:5 – The War Within
For four days we have been moving deeper into the fast. Now James takes us past behaviour, past obedience, past the outward disciplines – into the hidden interior where our choices are born.
Two wisdoms at war. One is pure, peaceable, full of mercy. The other wears spiritual clothing while serving the self.
Three practices for today:
– Name the war. What desire is really driving your conflict?
– Purify the asking. Let the Spirit search your motives before you pray.
– Choose gentleness in one difficult relationship.
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Lenten Reflection – Day 4 of the Great Lent
ByJobin February 19, 2026February 24, 2026

Day 4 of the Great Lent — St. Matthew 7:13–27
“Christ is not interested in what we believe about the narrow road. He wants to know whether we are walking on it.”
Three images. Three tests. One storm that spares nothing.
The narrow gate asks: Will you be made small?
The tree asks: What fruit are you bearing?
The house asks: What is your foundation?
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Lenten Reflection – Day 3 of the Great Lent
ByJobin February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

St. John Chrysostom says the altar God most desires is not the one in the sanctuary — it is the poor person walking past it.
On Day 3 of the Great Lent, the Apostle James strips religion down to two things: mercy toward the suffering, and inner purity. Everything else is decoration.
“Be doers of the word, and not hearers only.”
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Lenten Reflection – Day 2 of the Great Lent
ByJobin February 17, 2026February 24, 2026

📖 Great Lent — Day 2
Ephesians 4:32–5:21
If Day 1 was about combat, Day 2 is about communion.
If the wilderness strips away what is false, today’s reading tells us what is to be built in its place.
Three practices for today: Forgive. Give thanks. Sing a psalm.
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Lenten Reflection – Day 1 of the Great Lent
ByJobin February 16, 2026February 24, 2026

Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness – St. Matthew 4:1–11 “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” v.1 As we step across the threshold of the Great Lent, the Church places before us the account of our Lord’s forty days of fasting and His threefold…

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Shubkono: The Door We Must Pass Through
ByJobin February 16, 2026February 24, 2026

On the Service of Reconciliation and why forgiveness is the first step of the Great Lent Every year, on the first Monday of the Great Lent, the Indian Orthodox Church does something remarkable. Before a single day of fasting has been completed, before the long weeks of prayer and abstinence have even begun, the Church…

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