Monthly Archives: April 2008

Why do you fast?

April 21, 2008 – 9:15 am

A boy once approached his father, ‘Old man, why do you fast?’
The father stood silent, bringing heart and mind together, and then:
‘Beloved boy, I fast to know what it is I lack.
For day by day I sit in abundance, and all is well before me;
I want not, I suffer not, and I lack but that […]

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Forgive me

April 20, 2008 – 6:37 am

(pinched from Mary-Leah)

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Busy week

April 15, 2008 – 10:42 pm

My work dumped about 140 people from its corporate office in the last week, so the day job has been a little more exciting than normal.
Pascha is next week, so this week is (supposed to be) all about the preparation.
I’m playing the spring musical with one of the local high schools, so all the non-day-job […]

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent

April 8, 2008 – 10:50 pm

This past Sunday was the 4th Sunday of Great Lent (also known as Sunday of St John of the Ladder). Benedict Seraphim has a nice write up of it here.
Taken from an OrthodoxOnline class:
St. John of the Ladder is a Saint whose feast is celebrated on the Fourth Sunday of Lent (also March 30.) […]

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As if on cue

April 4, 2008 – 6:27 am

Just the other day I wrote about writing code, now Lifehacker tells you where to start.

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