LJ2021 - Day 31 - God's choice

Lenten Journey 2021:
Faith in a Post Pandemic World
by Fr. Vazken Movsesian

Day 31: God's choice
I do choose. Be made clean! - Jesus (Mark 1)

A man approaches Jesus and ask for a spiritual healing, with the condition, "If you (Jesus) so choose?" The question is, why wouldn't he choose to do so? Why wouldn't he want you to be walking in the Grace of God? Once you know Jesus is on-board for the salvation of your soul, you merely have to listen for the words that follow, "Be made clean!"

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God's Power

Day 31 - Does God have power over evil? The answer is in his definition of Love and the Power of the Crucifixion and ultimately Resurrection. Here we find God’s answer to our ultimate prayer. A continuing meditation on the Problem of Evil - why cancer? why earthquakes? and why to innocent people?
Prayer: St. Patrick's Breastplate;
Music - "Arevakal" by the Seminarians of the Vazkenian Seminary at Lake Sevan;
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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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Ego

Day 19 - When Ego is abandoned, there is a new purity of heart that allows us to see God. Ego is the foundation of all evil.
St. Nersess Prayer 4/24;
Music: "Amazing Mystery" by Hover Chamber Choir of Armenia and "Ov Zarmanaly" and "Aysor Kagnetzav" by Quartet Dudukner.
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The Prodigal Son's Older Brother

Day 16 - The older brother has some jealousy, but it was the injustice and the unfairness of the situation that overwhelmed him. Sound familiar? Lessons for today. Part 3 of 3 on the Parable.
Music: Govya Yerousaghem by Vazkenian Seminarians at Lake Sevan and Conversation with God by Liz Story.
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The Prodigal Son’s Father

Day 15 - The Father gives us an example of God's love and compassion while showing us a way to live our lives.
Music: Hrashapar by Vazkenian Seminarians at Lake Sevan and the Bricklayers Beautiful Daughter by William Ackerman.
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The Prodigal Son

Day 14 - Looking at the true sin of the Prodigal Son and finding him in each of us. The uses and abuses of the gifts God has given us.
Part 1 of 3 dedicated to the Parable;
St. Nersess Shnorhali Prayer 3/24;
Music: "Lifebeats" (A Passion Play) by Jethro Tull;
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More Important than God

Day 11 - Meditation on Matthew 5 - Jesus points to something more important than God and demands that we leave God in pursuit of that harmony.
Music: Park ee Partzountz by the Seminaries of the Vazkenian Monastery at Lake Sevan and Pachelbel's Canon In D
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