O Lord of Hosts, be with us,
For beside Thee, we have no other helper in adversity,
O Lord of Hosts, have mercy on us.
- Great Compline Hymn, sung on the first four evenings of Great Lent
During this Lenten season, a theme that stands out especially vividly for me is our need to cast ourselves more fully and exclusively on God, not on some "other helper" in adversity, or even in prosperity.
Two other passages struck me in looking at this theme. "Vanities and false frenzies" feels like a nice summary of our social moment:
During this Lenten season, a theme that stands out especially vividly for me is our need to cast ourselves more fully and exclusively on God, not on some "other helper" in adversity, or even in prosperity.
Two other passages struck me in looking at this theme. "Vanities and false frenzies" feels like a nice summary of our social moment:
Blessed is the man whose hope is in the Name of the Lord,
and who hath not looked upon vanities and false frenzies.
- Psalm 39
Put me not into the hands
Of any human protection,
O our Lady, most holy,
But do now receive the prayers of your supplicant;
- Paraklisis to the Most Holy Theotokos
As we say in every Divine Liturgy,
Let us commend our selves and one another and our whole life unto Christ our God.
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Image: Great Canon, Holy Apostles Church, Lansing NY
As we say in every Divine Liturgy,
Let us commend our selves and one another and our whole life unto Christ our God.
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Image: Great Canon, Holy Apostles Church, Lansing NY
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