Category: Lent Resources

First Sunday | The Sunday of Orthodoxy

March 22, 2024

IOCC draws its inspiration from Matthew 25:35–36, 40, which begins, “For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in … as you did it to one of the least of these, My brethren, you did it to Me.”

Lenten Recipe: Spicy Lentil Soup

March 18, 2024

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An Invitation to Reflection This Lent

March 12, 2024

Great and Holy Lent, though a somber season, is at the same time an invitation to renewal as we seek deeper communion with Christ through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

Sixth Sunday of Lent 2023 | Palm Sunday

April 7, 2023

If Lent is a journey, then Holy Week is the final stretch before we reach our destination.

Lenten Recipe: Lebanese Lentil Soup with Lemon, Potatoes, and Chard

April 5, 2023

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Fifth Sunday of Lent 2023 | St. Mary of Egypt

March 31, 2023

What better example of repentance could we have than St. Mary of Egypt (sixth century), who is commemorated on the fifth Sunday of Great Lent.

Lenten Recipe: Serbian-Style Butternut Squash Potage

March 29, 2023

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Fourth Sunday of Lent 2023 | St. John Climacus

March 24, 2023

Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. This is the concise refrain we hear through Great Lent as we sharpen our effort to walk the “narrow path” of salvation.

Lenten Recipe: Green Beans with Olive Oil

March 22, 2023

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Third Sunday of Lent 2023 | Veneration of the Holy Cross

March 17, 2023

The midpoint of Great Lent sees the cross in our midst. St. Paul says that the word of the cross is “foolishness” to those who are perishing (1 Cor 1).