The headline seems strange, since Lent is all ab
out prayer.
But we truly have finished a prayer marathon at the Institute. We now look to the Lord of History to fill our sails with wind in His good time.
The ongoing daily prayer services that were kicked off on September 29 concluded at the Institute today, Shrove Tuesday. We have prayed in the Orthodox tradition every Monday, in the Evangelical intercessory tradition every Tuesday, through the great hymns of the Faith on Wednesday, the Holy Rosary on Thursday and the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy every Friday for 20 weeks.
Thanks to Father David Meizen, Gloria Carrell, John Brown, Dolores Torrez, Bill Baermann and Theresa Joy Burkette for leading these prayers. Thanks to Ron Wellman, Priscilla Lauer, Don Carrell, Bernie Brown, Deacon Mike and more than a few others for being frequent prayers with us.
And much thanks to Retta Kohrman for hosting the daily prayers and keeping them focused upon Jesus Christ the Lord and His grace and mercy. We have asked for guidance, for provision and for deliverance. We have asked for the Lord to reach out to George Klopfer and Susan Hill in His merciful love.
The catagories at the right contain some of our spiritual postings if you want to be so stirred during the Lenten season. See especially Lent 2008 and Advent.
THE INSTITUTE WILL NOW SEEK THE CREATOR IN STILLNESS. WE HAVE DETERMINED IT BEST TO FOLLOW ANCIENT CHURCH EXAMPLE AND SPEND LENT IN SILENCE BEFORE THE LORD. THIS WEBSITE WILL NOT BE UPDATED UNTIL EASTER. THE INSTITUTE IS CLOSED AND DRAPED IN PURPLE. THOSE SERVING THE CULTURE OF LIFE AT THE INSTITUTE ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEEK GOD’S FACE IN THIS TIME OF ABSTAINING AS THE BOARD OF THE ARCHANGEL INSTITUTE SEEKS TO KNOW GOD’S ORDERS FOR US IN THESE TRYING TIMES.
If you do not understand why we would close down for Lent then this article may be of some help:
What is Lent?
In the Christian calendar, this is a 40-day period of penitence and self-discipline beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending with the service on Holy Saturday which marks the start of Easter. Sundays falling within this period are not counted as part of Lent but as days of normality, or even celebration, notably Mothering Sunday
. In medieval times, the rules of fasting were severe: on weekdays, meat, milk products, and eggs were all forbidden, and only one meal a day could be eaten; marriages could not be celebrated, and couples were expected to refrain from intercourse; dancing and entertainment were forbidden too.After the Reformation observing Lent as a matter of personal piety persisted, in milder forms, in the High Church sections of Anglicanism. The Victorian growth of Anglo-Catholicism, and the influx of Irish immigrants, made the concept very familiar; most people now are aware that ‘giving something up for Lent’ is appropriate, even if they do not do it themselves.
Source: www.answers.com
MAY OUR LORD RICHLY BLESS YOU AS YOU SEEK HIM THROUGH LENT.
THE NEXT POST ON THIS WEBSITE WILL BE EASTER MORNING.
MARANATHA, COME LORD JESUS!
Thanks to Darl D for this tip.