1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:01,900 In the name of the Glorious Trinity. 2 00:00:01,900 --> 00:00:04,000 Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever. 3 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Amen. Glory be to the Everlasting 4 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,500 mercies which sent you on to us. Oh Christ, the light of the 5 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:14,700 world and the life of all give us wisdom by a law and Enlighten 6 00:00:14,700 --> 00:00:18,600 our impulses, by your knowledge sanctify, our souls by your 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,200 truth and Grant that we may be obedient to your words and make 8 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,400 fulfill your Commandments at every hour. 9 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,300 O you who enlightens the rationale with the knowledge of 10 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:32,299 your greatness? Do Enlighten oh my Lord are 11 00:00:32,299 --> 00:00:35,500 thought that we may meditate upon your holy and divine 12 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:40,000 scriptures at all times. Lord of all Father and Son and 13 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,300 Holy Spirit forever. Amen. 14 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:09,100 Hello again, beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ and 15 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:11,200 Friends. Welcome one more time to the 16 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,300 podcast Ministry of the saint, various mar'ied, a parish of the 17 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:19,700 Assyrian Church of the East double-edged sword pertaining to 18 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:22,400 the holy Life, Giving and Living Word of God. 19 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,200 I welcome you all. Not sure what you're doing, some 20 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,800 may be driving please, I'll have your ear. 21 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,000 But I want your eyes to be poised at the street signs and 22 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,600 your speedometer. You may be getting excited 23 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,200 sometimes and moved by the Holy Spirit. 24 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:41,100 Just make sure it's your spirit, not your foot. 25 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:44,100 On the pedal, those who are washing dishes, make sure you 26 00:01:44,100 --> 00:01:46,200 don't miss a spot and vacuuming vacuuming. 27 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,000 I mean, these are the this is the feedback I'm getting and 28 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,100 this is the very feedback that we get that, you know, sometimes 29 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:56,900 I'm doing my chores and I'm listening to the life-giving or 30 00:01:56,900 --> 00:01:58,600 Living Word of God. Well, thank you for your 31 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,500 feedback, we truly appreciate. Dated, I'm very much encouraged. 32 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:05,400 I was telling my brother Stephen and sister Audrina. 33 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,400 I was always told during my Ministries that I speak too 34 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,100 much. And I preach too long, but I was 35 00:02:11,100 --> 00:02:14,400 always told to shorten my sermons, but the tables have 36 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:19,200 turned glory be to God. That many of you have suggested 37 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,700 that these these series should be a little bit longer that 38 00:02:22,700 --> 00:02:25,500 should go a little bit longer, I'm Asha, Antoine, they can end 39 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:28,600 one said, Robbie extended another five minutes and that 40 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,700 will be the duration from my Home to work. 41 00:02:30,700 --> 00:02:34,400 So that as soon as I get to work, I can then begin my day 42 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,900 being being, what is it pumped up being energized by the word 43 00:02:38,900 --> 00:02:40,300 of God? Well, God bless you show. 44 00:02:40,300 --> 00:02:42,600 This is for you. And for all those who want these 45 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,800 to be a little bit longer, I mean, you know, the the podcast 46 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:49,900 message is not all going to be the same length. 47 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:53,800 So long as the message is given effectively and we apply it into 48 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:55,600 our lives. That's the most important thing 49 00:02:55,900 --> 00:03:00,500 is application. This is not a an Session. 50 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:04,800 This is not a lesson that we just learn and then we just 51 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,800 learn it so that we can just simply pass a test. 52 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:13,600 This is a, a Ministry where we actually apply, what we learn, 53 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:18,400 what we hear in our lives so that we can glorify God and and 54 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:23,700 continue that that Holy pleasing, holy meaning set apart 55 00:03:23,900 --> 00:03:27,800 life-giving pleasing path of at to our Lord and our Savior Jesus 56 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,700 Christ. Today is a Special day in the 57 00:03:30,708 --> 00:03:33,400 calendar of the Assyrian Church of the East and the execs, 58 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:38,500 eglise ecclesiastical calendar of the Church of the East, being 59 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:41,500 the Commandments commencement of the rotation of the ninevites 60 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:43,500 bar. All time Nevaeh. 61 00:03:43,700 --> 00:03:45,900 I'm not going to go too much into the story. 62 00:03:45,900 --> 00:03:49,700 But when we read the the the Book of Jonah in the Old 63 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:54,300 Testament, we understand and we learned that the ninevites had 64 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:58,900 displeased God. They are naughty very a human or 65 00:03:58,900 --> 00:04:03,400 a reaction. With their Lifestyles and God it 66 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,300 had. So displeased God that he came 67 00:04:05,300 --> 00:04:09,800 to a decision or conclusion that he was going to destroy the city 68 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,600 of Nineveh, but our Lord being such a gracious. 69 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,500 God, such a loving God. Such a merciful god. 70 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:23,200 Did not please in destroying. He sent Jonah, a foreigner, a 71 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,500 Jew, a Hebrew. He sent him to the university to 72 00:04:26,500 --> 00:04:29,800 preach repentance. And Jonah didn't do that when 73 00:04:29,900 --> 00:04:31,700 Anna got to Nineveh. He didn't say repent. 74 00:04:31,700 --> 00:04:33,900 He said God's going to destroy your city. 75 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:37,500 I think it was a little bit more on the side of seeing Nineveh 76 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:42,500 destroyed but you know, no one can interfere, no one can affect 77 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:47,100 the love and mercy of God. So we can sometimes and we do 78 00:04:47,100 --> 00:04:49,800 that sometimes, you know, we want to stand in the way of God, 79 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,300 shewing, mercy and love, and compassion and Grace to those 80 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,500 who are sinners. You know, sometimes we don't, we 81 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:59,100 don't feel it's right, I don't think it's right well, who are 82 00:04:59,100 --> 00:05:02,100 you? Are we to interfere into God's 83 00:05:03,900 --> 00:05:09,300 most glorious and perfect ways? In any case, the king of the 84 00:05:09,300 --> 00:05:16,400 city, all of Nineveh actually the king gets off his throne and 85 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:20,600 sits on sackcloth but Ma, you know that idiom we say, but my 86 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:25,200 Brasher asthma Nolan but my be sure, that means Ash on your 87 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,200 head. You know, that pertains to what 88 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:32,800 this is when someone when they King said on sack sack cloth and 89 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,000 was morning. It was as though he had no hope. 90 00:05:36,100 --> 00:05:41,000 So, when we tell people, but my bricio, we are actually, we are 91 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,700 actually meaning, or we are, what is it in telling that you 92 00:05:45,700 --> 00:05:46,700 have? No hope. 93 00:05:46,900 --> 00:05:50,700 But there is always hope with God and the ninevites prayer and 94 00:05:50,700 --> 00:05:56,400 supplication, and beseeching. You know, the the, The Vespers, 95 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,100 the prayers of the, the rotation of the ninevites are The 96 00:06:00,100 --> 00:06:04,000 readings are amazing. You know, we read in one of the 97 00:06:04,100 --> 00:06:08,100 one of the readings that the children, the infants were 98 00:06:08,100 --> 00:06:10,900 crying to the parents and the mother saying. 99 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,200 Mother or let's let's put this way. 100 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,400 Mum. When is it going to happen? 101 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:19,500 When is God going to destroy? Why is this happening? 102 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:26,100 You know when when Jonah was envious and was a little bit cut 103 00:06:26,100 --> 00:06:29,800 because God spared me in a way, the king of Nineveh says to him. 104 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,500 Why are you so upset? We also are people. 105 00:06:33,500 --> 00:06:36,700 We are, we are human beings. Why aren't you rejoicing that 106 00:06:36,700 --> 00:06:41,000 your God? And their God has spared Us. 107 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:45,200 In any case I think what the the two messages we learn from the 108 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,600 rotation of the ninevites, the fasting of the ninevites and In 109 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:55,600 Jonah, we will earn an example, a perfect example of the genuine 110 00:06:55,900 --> 00:07:01,600 sincere repentance that. We must offer to Repentance is 111 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,200 not just promising God, that I'm not going to do this anymore 112 00:07:05,300 --> 00:07:09,800 Turning Away. Meaning repentance is in remorse 113 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,100 with tears. You notice these are the same 114 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:17,200 King, David, who in some three or four, I believe it says that 115 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:23,300 I wet my pillow. That means I soaked my pillow 116 00:07:23,300 --> 00:07:25,800 with my tears because of his sin. 117 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:30,100 So when we feel remorse, when we, when our heart is truly, Lee 118 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:34,600 at a stage where it wants to repent, it moves the whole body, 119 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,800 it moves, our emotion to tears where we come and come to the 120 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,500 Lord with tears and ask him for repentance. 121 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:46,000 You know, there are gation of the ninevites is a conclusion. 122 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:51,700 An example, an actual reality of what we read in the second book 123 00:07:51,700 --> 00:07:55,200 of The Chronicles chapter 47 verse 14. 124 00:07:55,300 --> 00:07:59,100 And this is the shuttle version. This is the Aramaic Bible in 125 00:07:59,100 --> 00:08:03,000 English. And my people upon whom my name 126 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:08,400 is called shall be broken. That means humbled, and they 127 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:12,700 will pray and they will beg from before before me. 128 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,800 That means that will beg before me and they will return from 129 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,200 their evil ways return. There's repentance to return to 130 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:24,800 turn around 180 degrees. Also I shall hear from heaven 131 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:29,600 and I shall forgive their sins and I shall heal their land. 132 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:34,000 I If This truly pertains to the act of the ninevites and the 133 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,700 second truth and amazing and encouraging message, we will 134 00:08:37,700 --> 00:08:41,500 learn from this is the Lord's gracious Mercy. 135 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,000 The Lord hears, our prayers beloved. 136 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:51,600 And I always see the story of the ninevites was not a Once 137 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,900 Upon a Time. In far, far land was at La La 138 00:08:54,900 --> 00:08:57,000 Land. No, it actually happened. 139 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,700 There were people on the Earth. They were called Nineveh. 140 00:08:59,700 --> 00:09:03,500 As they were the Assyrians. They were our forefathers, who 141 00:09:03,500 --> 00:09:06,900 like us today. Had displeased God. 142 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,100 Now, they didn't give up, give up, they didn't, they didn't 143 00:09:10,100 --> 00:09:12,200 give up. Hope they he did. 144 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,400 To a stranger. That's the example of repentance 145 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,700 heeding to anyone. Anyone who comes and says to us 146 00:09:19,700 --> 00:09:23,800 and encourages us and warns us that we must turn our way 147 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,800 regardless of who the person is they heeded to that and they 148 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:32,400 repented and repeat after repenting, they saved their 149 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:36,500 land. Repentance brings salvation to 150 00:09:36,500 --> 00:09:38,800 Seoul. Now I'm not talking about 151 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:44,500 salvation when the Lord returns and Once and for all saves us 152 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:47,500 for from Eternal damnation and death. 153 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:52,800 I'm talking about our daily life to save my soul from getting to 154 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:57,100 that point, getting to that day where the Lord God forbid will 155 00:09:57,100 --> 00:10:02,000 say to us away from me, workers of evil, I did not know you. 156 00:10:03,300 --> 00:10:09,300 So as we begin our fast and let me tell you that, it is a an 157 00:10:09,300 --> 00:10:15,000 Apostolic Canon. If I Say it is an Apostolic law. 158 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,300 It was decreed in one of the Holy Synod switch was presided 159 00:10:18,300 --> 00:10:22,400 by the late. His Holiness Mardi Gras that the 160 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:28,000 members of the Assyrian Church of the East must Must fast for 161 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,900 three days. Just as the great lent is an 162 00:10:31,900 --> 00:10:36,700 Apostolic Canon, we must fast now, what I want to do today is 163 00:10:36,700 --> 00:10:38,500 give you some hint. How do we fast? 164 00:10:38,500 --> 00:10:42,800 What do I do? Okay, today's Monday is a just 165 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:49,600 not eating food is is fasting just you know, only pertaining 166 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,900 to what I eat and what I drink will? 167 00:10:51,900 --> 00:10:54,100 No it's not. Let me give you a hint. 168 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:55,600 Many people say I've never fasted. 169 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,800 How do I Again fast. Well, why don't you do this one 170 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,900 day? Just today, Monday, we wake up 171 00:11:02,900 --> 00:11:04,300 in the morning. We pray. 172 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:10,700 We confess that we are the ninevites today that the Nineveh 173 00:11:10,700 --> 00:11:12,900 is where we live in whichever country. 174 00:11:12,900 --> 00:11:17,800 It is our heart can be that Nineveh that has been defiled 175 00:11:18,100 --> 00:11:22,600 and it stinks Dreadful stench. As we say, in the, in the Divine 176 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:27,300 Liturgy, we come to the Lord and we confess that we Have to be 177 00:11:27,300 --> 00:11:32,400 naughty and we have displeased you Lord, hear my prayer. 178 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,200 Now what I encourage people to do on the first day is before we 179 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:41,500 even ask God to forgive before asking God that he may 180 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:44,200 strengthen us and that you know, the last day. 181 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:49,500 All the young ladies come to church on a Wednesday. 182 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:51,500 They go home. They do the pool caen. 183 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 I don't know what they say in English spoken. 184 00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:59,400 Pokin, you know, you Seven thumb, scoops of pork, run you 185 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,700 eat? Let me tell you what's in that 186 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,400 and then apparently when you sleep and you dream that someone 187 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,400 some guys going to come and give you a glass of water. 188 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,400 Then that guy is going to be your future husband. 189 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,500 Of course, you're going to be thirsty because you've had salt. 190 00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:20,100 There's salt. There's I don't know what else 191 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:22,300 is important. Of course, if you eat salt, 192 00:12:22,300 --> 00:12:23,800 you're going to be thirsty. In any case. 193 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:25,800 Let's it's a beautiful tradition and you. 194 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,600 You know, some people have actually testify that. 195 00:12:29,700 --> 00:12:31,700 Yeah, let me give you an example. 196 00:12:31,700 --> 00:12:34,700 My wife now, I don't know if she's just saying that to make 197 00:12:34,700 --> 00:12:37,300 me feel good. But any case, my wife said that 198 00:12:37,300 --> 00:12:40,900 when she did the porkin, I gave her a letter. 199 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,300 So it wasn't a glass of water. I apparently came to a dream and 200 00:12:44,300 --> 00:12:46,400 gave her a letter. And here we are married for 30 201 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,600 years. So the potion worked actually, 202 00:12:48,900 --> 00:12:50,700 but no, it's not. All about all about Putin. 203 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:55,400 The first day, I encourage people, I encourage you to fast 204 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,200 and I'll tell you. We fast is to pray to the Lord 205 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:05,100 that he may make us worthy to also fast because truly fasting 206 00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:08,200 is a gracious gift of the Holy Spirit. 207 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:12,000 Now if people ask you, why do you fast? 208 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:17,500 There's a very simple answer to that because Jesus fasted It's 209 00:13:17,500 --> 00:13:27,100 not wwjd it's w-i ad what I am doing, why? 210 00:13:27,100 --> 00:13:33,200 Because Jesus fasted, Jesus baptized, I will baptized Jesus. 211 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:38,700 Forgave I will forgive Jesus wept over over the state of the 212 00:13:38,700 --> 00:13:42,500 Fallen state of mankind. I will weep when I am in in sin 213 00:13:42,500 --> 00:13:46,200 and I am in a fallen state. So fasting, the first day, let 214 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:51,800 this be our prayer. For today, Lord God I am daring 215 00:13:52,100 --> 00:13:57,800 as Doran to do what you did. Jesus Christ, you had no sin. 216 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:03,700 You set this example, but I am not worthy for I am so miserable 217 00:14:03,700 --> 00:14:10,600 in my sinned and Fallen State. Help me forgive me except or 218 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,600 permit me. Make me worthy to offer these 219 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,100 fast for you. Let that be our first that lets 220 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:19,400 fast. The and beseech, the Lord that 221 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:24,900 he was make us worthy to fast because of our dreadfulness the 222 00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:29,000 next day on a Tuesday. We come back and we fast again 223 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:33,300 and that's when we begin confessing our sins to the Lord 224 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,400 knowing that what we ask from God, he will grant. 225 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,400 God has granted us the worthiness to fast on Tuesday. 226 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:45,000 Tomorrow, we come back and we again wake up and we offer the 227 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:49,000 fussing this time. We say Lord, Now I'm going to 228 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:54,100 actually confess and and not that you need to be told my 229 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:57,300 weaknesses, you know, before I open my mouth, but I'm going to 230 00:14:57,300 --> 00:14:59,500 confess my weaknesses. My foolishness. 231 00:14:59,700 --> 00:15:04,000 Lord, forgive me on the Wednesday, we come back and we 232 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:08,000 thank God, thank you, Lord, for making me worthy to offer this 233 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,400 fast. Thank you, Lord, for hearing my 234 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:15,600 prayers and my supplications. Lord, now I asked that you reply 235 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:21,700 and returned by Wait mind the the ambulances and the fire 236 00:15:21,700 --> 00:15:24,900 engines and we have the neighbor's dog to sometimes. 237 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,900 Busker is name is. So here it is either. 238 00:15:28,300 --> 00:15:31,200 So mind is these are gonna this is gonna happen every now and 239 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,100 then this is Turlock. This is my dad a parish so I 240 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:37,600 don't be distracted by that. So the fourth day on the 241 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,900 Wednesday, we come back and we say Lord, thank you for hearing 242 00:15:40,900 --> 00:15:43,700 my prayers. Thank you for permitting me. 243 00:15:43,900 --> 00:15:46,500 Allowing me, making me worthy to fast. 244 00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:48,000 Thank you. For hearing my prayers and 245 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,500 petitions and my confession and my admission Lord, I ask that 246 00:15:51,500 --> 00:15:53,700 you reply. And Thursday is the first day of 247 00:15:53,700 --> 00:15:56,100 Thanksgiving. I'm sure she would call Bogota 248 00:15:56,100 --> 00:15:59,900 where we have service and we come together as a church and we 249 00:15:59,900 --> 00:16:02,700 thank God for hearing our prayers and our supplications, 250 00:16:02,700 --> 00:16:06,700 how do I fast if it's your first time, you know, even if you 251 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:10,700 offer an hour of fasting, just one hour wholeheartedly, but the 252 00:16:10,700 --> 00:16:14,300 right way of fasting is this, we wake up in the morning, we 253 00:16:14,300 --> 00:16:18,900 abstain fasting means abstaining, Mbita not just not 254 00:16:18,900 --> 00:16:21,200 eating meat and ice cream and cheese. 255 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:25,200 Fasting is abstaining. We wake up in the morning, we 256 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:29,800 pray, we offer our fasting at our abstinence now, some go till 257 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:33,000 12:00 in the afternoon. Some go till 3:00 in the 258 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,000 afternoon, some fast until The Vespers evening prayers. 259 00:16:37,500 --> 00:16:39,600 And then they break their fast with one meal. 260 00:16:39,900 --> 00:16:42,700 Our forefathers used to fast. This is the the Great Lengths 261 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:49,200 for 50 days they would abstain from food until Vespers that is 262 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,700 sundown. And when they would break their 263 00:16:51,700 --> 00:16:54,600 fast, they would break it with a glass of water and some dried 264 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,000 bread. And then after that, they would 265 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,000 pray and thank God for replenishing them for for 266 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,099 nourishing them. So you do this, it's up to you 267 00:17:04,099 --> 00:17:06,099 how long you want to abstain from. 268 00:17:06,099 --> 00:17:09,300 But when you, when you, when you break your abstinence your 269 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:13,300 yourse Alma, make sure you break it on fasting food. 270 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:18,099 No, dairy products, total. What I call vegan, Total vegan. 271 00:17:18,300 --> 00:17:20,200 Okay. But most importantly, beloved 272 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:25,700 most importantly let us fast from our evil doings you know 273 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:28,600 Christians fast their entire lives. 274 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:33,000 Whether you you withhold meat from your mouth or not, we're 275 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:38,100 supposed to be fasting for our entire life so that we prepare 276 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,700 ourselves for The Rush of the reception of Our Lord From 277 00:17:40,700 --> 00:17:45,800 Heaven, fasting, from Evil fasting, from sin, fasting from 278 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:50,300 transgressions, Fasting from this worldly lust, so that when 279 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:53,400 the Lord returns, we are ready to accept our Lord. 280 00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:57,100 So today is the first day, there is vespers in, in the evenings, 281 00:17:57,100 --> 00:18:02,700 in the churches tomorrow, I believe in Saint Seiya mother 282 00:18:02,700 --> 00:18:04,500 Church. There is also the the 283 00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:08,300 celebration of the Liturgy, every everyday Monday, Tuesday, 284 00:18:08,300 --> 00:18:12,600 and Wednesday. But yes, do that begin. 285 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:17,200 Your fast fasting is amazing. It puts you in that mindset. 286 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:22,300 You're focusing not so much on your body, you know, the the the 287 00:18:22,300 --> 00:18:25,500 the spirit is willing Jesus says, but the body is weak but 288 00:18:25,500 --> 00:18:29,700 during fasting we weaken the body and we make the spirit to 289 00:18:29,700 --> 00:18:34,700 be alive and and willing as as always and through that and only 290 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:37,000 through that way. We can please our heavenly 291 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,400 father and overcome our battles with the Enemy. 292 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,200 Who is Satan? Who's always like a roaring lion 293 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,800 st. Peter says, devouring ready to 294 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,200 devour? So. 295 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,200 I pray for you and I ask that, you know, those who are going to 296 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,800 offer their fasting, all those who are offering their their 297 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,300 fasting during this period of rotation, I'll happily may the 298 00:18:57,300 --> 00:19:00,500 Lord, accept me the Lord strengthen you beseech, the Lord 299 00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:02,800 is gracious strength so that you can overcome. 300 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:07,400 And once we do we glorify our heavenly father, always what we 301 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,300 always do. We do for the glory of God and 302 00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:13,600 the salvation of our Souls, praise and glory, be to His holy 303 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,600 name now and not all times and forever and ever. 304 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:38,100 One last thing. 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