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Lenten Retreat part 1: Shame and the Poetic Language of the Liturgy

Sparks Among the Stubble

English - March 23, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 70.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Fr. Stephen Freeman gave our annual Lenten Retreat this year. 
Session 1: Saturday, March 19, 2022
The language of the services, as well as the traditional words in Orthodox prayerbooks, is often expressed in terms that can provoke a sense of shame - descriptions of our unworthiness, or of our fear before the presence of God. How do we read these words in a healthy manner and use them in the way they are intended? This can be an especially important topic for those who were raised in a tradition other than Orthodoxy.