Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah at the beginning of Great Lent 2009

Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah at the beginning of Great Lent 2009

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I felt this was exceptionally well written and deserved more of my particular attention:

"Let our fasting be accompanied by the refusal to indulge in judgment and criticism of others: gossip, slander, suspicion and innuendo, all that is hateful to God. Let us fast from meat, as we fast from the carnality of hatred and resentment of others, which is the source of our passions, pain and addictions. Let us fast from cheese, as we cut out the bitterness that curdles the joy in our lives, the pure milk of love. Let us fast from eggs, so that the seeds of corruption do not hatch in our souls. Let us fast from oil, so that we do not grease our lips to slander and fry our neighbor. Let us fast from wine, that we might remain sober and watchful, to maintain the purity of our souls, minds and hearts."

Amen.