LJ 2021 - Day 2 - Seeds

 Welcome to the the Lenten Journey 2021: Faith in a Post Pandemic World

Daily meditations during the Lenten Season by Fr. Vazken Movsesian

Day 2: Seeds 

“...for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. - Jesus, (Matthew 17:20)

How big is a mustard seed? 2 millimeters. Is that all the faith that we need to do seemingly impossible feats? How big is the coronavirus? 70 nanometers (try a million times smaller than a millimeter). The pandemic has jarred us. We have lost the confidence in and the certainty of goodness. What is faith? And how does it fit into our equation of life? It can move mountains, and certainly there are mountains that need to be moved.

Worrying about Tomorrow

Day 33 - Along the path of the fifth week of Lent, prayer, trust, faith and putting away anxiety by trusting God and expanding our faith. A meditation on Jesus' words in Matthew 6.
Prayer by Alexander Solzhenitsyn;
Music by Winds of Passion - Songs of the Divine Liturgy;
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Trust

Day 32 - Trusting the love within us by Trusting God. We trust through a learning process that removes fear and chaos in our lives. We now move from a walk of faith to a path of action during this Lenten Season.
Prayer of Trust;
Music: "Amen Hayr Sourp" Yerevan Women's Choir;
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Why Evil?

Day 30 - A deeper and more mature understanding of Faith demands that we take responsibility for our lives and not fault others, including God. A first look (part 1) at the Problem of Evil - why cancer? why earthquakes? and why to innocent people?
Prayer: Cancer is so powerless;
Music: "Arevakal" by the Seminarians of the Vazkenian Seminary at Lake Sevan;
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Foundations for Dreaming

Day 13 - More than a history lesson, Second Ecumenical Council is remembered and offered as a lesson on solid foundation for faith. Faith without works has another side: works without faith, which is essential for making dreams come true.
St. Nersess Shnorhali Prayer, Hour#5/24;
Music: "Underyalt" by the Vazkenian Seminarians at Lake Sevan; "Reflection" by Oystein Sevag.
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